My daily life with the original diva

"But I really am not in a relationship. By the way, I left the contract at my apartment. If the president doesn't believe me, he can have Ms. Michiko go and get it for him to see." Kimura Hiroshi didn't want to be misunderstood on this matter.

Not only for himself, but also for Hanano Yoko, her uniform has already exposed her company. If entertainment reporters find her and spread rumors about her, she might have a hard time finding a job in the future. There's no chance that crazy female fans might come and do something unpredictable.

Seeing Kimura Hiroshi's confident assertion, Hanami Kagami was stunned. He really went to buy a shop? This was simply too unbelievable!

"Did Kimura-san really go to buy a shop?" Yukio Tomioka asked, somewhat incredulously.

Not wanting to explain any further, Kimura Hiroshi knew exactly what they were thinking. He stood up and said in a very certain tone and loud voice, "They went to buy shops. And even if I were to date, I would choose outstanding and beautiful women. This Ms. Yoko is pretty and outstanding enough, but she doesn't meet my requirements. Even if I were to date, I would only choose someone like Akina-san. Among the women I've seen, only she meets my requirements."

"Click!" The half-closed door to the president's office was suddenly pushed open, revealing three people standing outside: Akiyuki Yoshizawa, Nakamori Akina, and Ms. Noriko, who was supporting her. All three heard the conversation clearly, and two of them stared at him with wide eyes.

As for Akina Nakamori, she was leaning on a cane with one hand and supporting Ms. Noriko with the other. At this moment, her face was flushed. She wanted to look at Hiroshi Kimura, but she didn't dare to. She just stood there, not knowing what to do.

Inside the house, none of the three expected that there would be someone outside. Kimura Hiroshi, in particular, was completely stunned. He just wanted to find a hole to crawl into. He had actually said such a thing in front of Nakamori Akina. What would she think? Would she be angry? Would she think he was too frivolous and that they could no longer be friends?

Chapter 80: Let Me Change It

After injuring her leg, Akina Nakamori rested for about ten days. During those ten days, she had no activities planned. However, she had too many events scheduled for the end of the year. Some could be declined, but others were impossible to decline. Withdrawing would be too damaging to Kenon and Akina Nakamori.

So once Nakamori Akina's dislocation injury was treated to the point where she could walk for short periods, Ken-on encouraged her to start moving around. Akina herself didn't object, because she knew that getting injured at such a crucial time had caused too much trouble for everyone, and she couldn't continue resting in the apartment.

Today is the first day of Nakamori Akina's resumption of activities, so naturally she came to explain to President Hanami Kaku. Unexpectedly, she overheard Kimura Hiroshi and Hanami Kaku talking at the door. Kimura Hiroshi's last sentence was particularly impactful, and Ms. Noriko accidentally pushed the door open, putting both of them in an awkward situation.

At this moment, Akina Nakamori had mixed feelings. If she had heard Kimura-san say these words to her in a private setting, she would have been very happy and even wanted to ask how outstanding and beautiful she was in his eyes. But now that Kimura-san had said it so casually in front of so many people, she felt like she was just a comparison, an excuse used to fob off others.

She disliked this kind of behavior when it came to relationships, disliked this frivolous and casual feeling. Her face flushed with a mixture of shyness and anger. Kimura-san didn't seem to value their relationship as much as she did, and could casually joke with others about it.

She wanted to run away angrily or confront them, but with so many familiar people around, she knew she couldn't do that. If she did, Kimura-san might lose face, and she didn't want that to happen.

"Ah, Akina-san is here. We're resuming activities today, right? You must have something important to discuss with the president. We'll take our leave now." The experienced Yukio Tomioka spoke up, easing the awkward atmosphere.

As he spoke, he gestured for Kimura Hiroshi to leave with him. At this moment, Kimura Hiroshi noticed that Nakamori Akina's expression was not good. He knew that she must be angry, and staying here would only make the awkward situation continue, so it was better to leave first.

After bowing in acknowledgment, Hiroshi Kimura followed Yukio Tomioka out of the president's office. As they passed by, he whispered to Akina Nakamori, "I have something to say to you in a moment."

But Nakamori Akina didn't respond to him, clearly she was really angry, and Kimura Hiroshi gave a wry smile.

He knew he was getting annoyed by the questions he had just been asked. Bringing up Nakamori Akina was to provoke Hanami Kagami, which was his mistake and hurt Nakamori Akina. After all, casually comparing a girl to someone else seemed rather frivolous to Japanese people.

As he stepped outside, Kimura Hiroshi stopped. Instead of leaving immediately, he said to Tomioka Yukio, "Mr. Tomioka, please handle the dating rumors. Make sure to clarify things with the media. It's fine if they reveal that I bought the shop. I'll wait here for Akina-san to come out and explain to her."

Patting Kimura Hiroshi on the shoulder, Tomioka Yukio said in a knowing tone, "Kimura-san, the most important thing about girls is to coax them. Say nice things to them later. Akina-san isn't someone who likes to get angry."

After saying that, he went to take care of his business, leaving Kimura Hiroshi waiting outside the president's office.

They didn't have to wait long before the door to the president's office opened, and the three of them came out together. They were all taken aback when they saw Kimura Hiroshi waiting at the door.

"Mr. Akiyuki, Ms. Noriko, thank you for your help. Could you please allow me to speak with Akina-san alone for a moment? It will take a little time," Kimura Hiroshi said politely.

The two exchanged a glance, nodded, and left. Nakamori Akina didn't say anything, but she didn't look at Kimura Hiroshi either, leaving only the two of them in the corridor.

But now that it was just the two of them, Kimura Hiroshi didn't know how to start the conversation. Although he was a scumbag in his past life, he had never had a serious relationship. He would just go straight to the final step if he liked someone, so he really didn't have much experience in how to coax girls.

Seeing that Kimura Hiroshi didn't speak, Nakamori Akina seemed even angrier. There was no one else around, so she didn't need to give him face. Without saying a word, she leaned on her cane and walked outside quickly, making a loud sound as her cane struck the ground.

"Legs, legs, Akina-san, watch your legs, you can't get hurt again." Kimura Hiro quickly went up to support Nakamori Akina and slowed her down. Walking like this had aggravated her right leg, and it was only just starting to feel better; she was very likely to get injured again.

"I'm sorry, Akina-san, it was my mistake. If you're really angry, then hit me, even with your cane." Supporting Nakamori Akina, Kimura Hiroshi quickly apologized, not wanting her to get angry and hurt him again.

Hearing him say that, Nakamori Akina suddenly stopped, her eyes reddening, and stared at him as she said, "Kimura-san, how do you really see our relationship? If we're just friends, please don't be so gentle with me. If there's something else going on, please don't be so frivolous. I don't like this feeling."

Seeing Nakamori Akina's questioning, Kimura Hiroshi didn't know how to answer for a moment. He lowered his head and thought about it. Indeed, in this relationship, he had not considered Nakamori Akina's feelings. Sometimes, she would even become a weapon in his mouth to ridicule and fob off Hanami Kagami.

In this relationship, he was actually very proactive. He initiated almost every approach, and sometimes his kindness to Nakamori Akina went beyond that of a typical boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. Nakamori Akina, who was sensitive and always felt lonely, was powerless to resist this gentle offensive.

He knew the consequences of doing so: that Nakamori Akina would fall into the gentle web he had woven, but he refused to take the step of declaring their relationship, leaving Nakamori Akina uncertain of his feelings and somewhat at a loss.

Unbeknownst to him, Hiroshi Kimura found himself becoming a scumbag again. In this relationship, he used the three principles of a scumbag: not to clarify the relationship, not to reject the other person's kindness, and not to acknowledge the feelings between the two.

Why did this happen? He clearly didn't want it to be like this. He looked up and saw that Nakamori Akina had stopped crying and her anger had disappeared. She was looking at him with a worried expression, as if she felt that her words had been too harsh and had hurt Kimura Hiroshi.

In an instant, Kimura Hiroshi seemed to understand something. He was afraid, afraid that the two of them would really become lovers. Nakamori Akina's love was passionate and devoted; she was willing to give so much. All she needed was a haven, a haven where her heart could find solace. Kimura Hiroshi was afraid. Could he be that haven? After all, he had been a scumbag in his past life.

"Akina-san, I'm a little scared about the changes in our relationship. After all, I don't have much experience. Can you give me some time?" Kimura Hiroshi said with great difficulty.

Hearing this answer, Akina Nakamori was stunned. Kimura-san said he was scared and had no experience. Looking at Kimura-san, who was so gentle to girls, it turned out that he had no experience in love at all. It turned out that he was just a boy who didn't know how to pursue girls.

"Then let me do it, Kimura-san. I'll take the initiative and change this relationship." Since Kimura-san doesn't know what to do, then she'll be the one to change it.

"Huh?" Kimura Hiroshi didn't understand what he meant for a moment, but Nakamori Akina had already reached out and put her arms around his waist, leaning against him.

"It's been so long since I've leaned against Kimura-san's arms. It's still so warm and comfortable," Nakamori Akina murmured.

But Kimura Hiroshi, somewhat bewildered, was thinking, "Wasn't it me who carried you, injured, into the car just over ten days ago?"

Chapter 81 This isn't considered rich

Compared to the previous ghostwriting incident, this relationship incident did not cause much of a stir. Ken-on did not want Kimura Hiroshi to continue appearing on the front page, so she deleted some important content about the matter and informed the major media outlets with which she had a good relationship.

In short, Kimura Hiroshi was looking at real estate, not dating. He even mentioned which real estate company he visited, which employee accompanied him, and their name. However, he was not told that he had decided to buy a shop or how much he spent.

After all, Hiroshi Kimura has only been in the industry for a little over half a year. If people knew that he spent 170 million yen and then took out a loan of 480 million yen from the bank to buy shops in Ginza, the entire entertainment industry, including the general public, would probably be in an uproar.

According to estimates, the highest-earning entertainer this year is singer Yumi Matsutoya, with royalties of approximately 95 million yen. The second highest is enka master Hiroshi Itsuki, with royalties of approximately 91 million yen, and the third highest is Saburo Kitajima, with approximately 87 million yen.

Hiroshi Kimura's income this year is 100% the highest, as he can receive royalties of about 270 million yen. This income was among the top two in the years before the record market shrank. Back then, there were many people with annual incomes of 200 to 300 million yen. It is only because of the fierce market competition and the economic downturn that people with incomes of 90 million yen have taken the top spot.

If Kimura Hiroshi's income were revealed, the entire entertainment industry would probably be in an uproar. His seniors and peers would likely be filled with envy and jealousy, and they would be even more eager to stab him in the back.

The veteran record artists have been making records for so many years and only earned close to 100 million yen. You've earned 200-300 million yen in just six months. Isn't that going too far? How can the veterans save face? This junior is really going too far.

As for your peers and juniors, many of them are struggling to make ends meet and need to take odd jobs to make up for the losses they incur as idols. But you've become one of the highest earners in the entertainment industry. It's really infuriating to compare yourself to others.

If Akina Nakamori could actually receive royalties now, it would absolutely infuriate these people, because Akina Nakamori's record sales this year are number one, reaching 7.5 billion yen. Even if she only receives 1%, that would still be 75 million yen. Combined with her other income, she would definitely be among the top earners. Unfortunately, she only receives record sales bonuses and doesn't receive royalties.

Ken-On has recently started considering paying Akina Nakamori royalties. She's become just as popular as Hiro Kimura, and if they don't pay her royalties soon, things won't work. Ken-On isn't like Johnny's, able to completely control its artists, especially those who are incredibly popular.

Even if Kimura Hiroshi and Kenon were to conceal it, reporters and gossipy onlookers were still able to dig up some information. They first went to the real estate company and confirmed that Kimura Hiroshi and Kenon were right. There was indeed a young female employee there named Hanano Yoko, who was the one who took Kimura Hiroshi to see the shops that day.

She had to run away to avoid causing a commotion after her identity was discovered. As for her relationship with Kimura Hiroshi, they had only met twice, as can be confirmed by people from the real estate company.

However, when reporters tried to ask more questions, such as which shops Kimura Hiroshi had his eye on or whether he planned to buy them, the real estate company avoided the question. This was because Ken-On had called them and told them not to disclose any information. More importantly, Kimura Hiroshi stated that he would continue to buy real estate through them in the future, and if they did not want to lose a major client or damage the company's reputation, they should not say anything more.

But this didn't stump the reporters. They started digging for information everywhere and eventually found something: the shop owner had told a friend that a popular male idol would buy his shop, proving that the idol was indeed rich.

As a result, some media outlets published this statement, but it did not cause much of a stir because no major media outlets followed suit, and they did not believe that a male idol who had only debuted for a little over six months could afford to buy a shop near Ginza.

Keep in mind that the land price for that shop was as high as 700 million yen. Even if the price was lowered, it would still require at least 600 million yen. Kimura Hiroshi would have to come up with at least 100 million yen as a down payment. In Japan these days, there is no such thing as buying real estate with zero down payment.

No one would believe that a newly debuted male idol could earn over 100 million yen. The media also thought that Ken-On would never be willing to pay royalties to a newcomer. It might take several years for an average idol to earn royalties. Even if Hiroshi Kimura became incredibly famous, it would still take at least one or two years.

The matter was thus smoothly resolved, and Ken-on and Kimura Hiro both breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it didn't cause too much of a stir, otherwise their original plan to reduce the heat of the controversy would probably have fallen through.

"Kimura-san also needs to thank the new regulations that stop disclosing artists' royalties starting this year. Otherwise, it would be impossible for you to hide them even if you wanted to. I remember the sensation caused by singer Eikichi Yabata's royalties reaching 250 million yen in the 1980s." Yukio Tomioka said, recalling the sensational scene when royalties were still disclosed a few years ago.

After all, in the 1980s, the income of a Japanese office worker was only three million yen. A singer could earn in a year what an office worker earned in nearly a hundred years, which was quite terrifying.

Kimura Hiroshi, however, was somewhat unconvinced. After all, he came from the future, where some entertainment industry figures had truly terrifying incomes. Fines were in the hundreds of millions, sometimes even billions. Some earned at least two million a day on weekdays, which was practically equivalent to a hundred years' worth of income for others. So what was a hundred years' worth of income in a single year?

However, Hiroya Kimura discovered a major problem from this incident: as a well-known idol singer, it was inconvenient for him to do everything himself; he had to find people to handle his income.

Although he has a lot of money now, if he keeps it, he will only lose more and more as the bubble economy arrives. He needs to turn the money into assets that will appreciate in value and make the money into more money. However, if he always handles it himself, it will cause a lot of problems, so he needs an assistant.

However, he was very uneasy about handing over so much money to someone else. If he brought in someone like Song Jiji, Qiang Ge's assistant, the money would be emptied out, and he would really be working for someone else.

Even asking family members wouldn't be reassuring, since there's a perfect example right here: money is such a corrupting force that many things are truly vulnerable in its presence.

"It's really a headache. Fortunately, there aren't too many assets to deal with right now," Kimura Hiroshi blurted out.

"What headache?" Yukio Tomioka asked, hearing Hiroshi Kimura's seemingly random question.

"Ah, it's nothing. By the way, are we going to attend the top ten year-end review tonight?" Kimura Hiroshi didn't think about that question and discussed the evening's work with Tomioka Yukio.

Yukio Tomioka took out the work schedule and nodded, saying, "Yes, but we have to go over for rehearsals this afternoon. It's not just about the inventory, but also the awards. Oh, the top two spots both belong to Kimura-san, which means your two singles. The one called 'What You Name' is an album song, so it won't be on the singles chart. Oh, and Akina-san will be there too."

Upon hearing that Akina Nakamori would also be going, Hiroshi Kimura's expression immediately changed. He was somewhat frightened, as she had been tormenting him quite a bit these past few days.

Chapter 82 The Songstress's Love Story

Since their last meeting, Kimura Hiro has expressed his feelings for Nakamori Akina, but he is still a little afraid of dating and has no experience. Nakamori Akina then begins to torment Kimura Hiro, transforming herself into a dating guru and saying she will teach Kimura Hiro how to date.

So how does relationship coach Akina Nakamori teach Hiro Kimura about love? Because he has to record songs and participate in some shows recently, the two of them don't have many opportunities to meet. So the relationship coaching can only be done when they are both resting and they call each other.

What did Nakamori Akina say on the phone? She talked about her dating history. The eighteen-year-old Nakamori Akina claimed that she had already been in love twice and wanted to teach Kimura Hiroshi her experience.

Having two romantic relationships at the age of eighteen is quite an experience, and Kimura Hiroshi is also very interested in learning about the dating history of this potential future girlfriend.

Upon hearing this, Hiroshi Kimura was completely stunned. Akina Nakamori claimed that her first love was in the third grade of elementary school, when she was nine years old.

Although I know that Japanese people mature early and don't forbid early relationships, it's absurd that someone would fall in love for the first time at the age of nine. Do you think everyone is Shin-chan? At nine years old, he was still playing in the mud. How could he know what love is?

Sure enough, this romance started when the little boy gave her a doll. It was during elementary school craft class, when the boys would make dolls and give them to the girls. This boy gave her one, and he also often picked up her erasers that had fallen on the ground. This became her first romantic experience. So how did this little romance end? It ended when Akina Nakamori transferred schools in the fourth grade of elementary school.

This love story is so strange that it started and ended in an even stranger way. Kimura Hiroshi was shocked that this could even be called a love story. It's just that two kids had a good relationship, and not even a deep one, and they forgot each other as soon as they transferred schools.

As for the second time, it was when she was older, in junior high school, at the age of twelve or thirteen. Nakamori Akina got along very well with a boy in her class, and they often went to buy snacks and eat together, spending almost a year together.

So how did they break up? Because Nakamori Akina was often sick, catching colds and fevers. After the boy's mother found out they were getting along well, she was afraid that her son would catch his colds, so she asked the boy not to play with her anymore, and that was the end of it.

This is outrageous! The older generation is trying to break up a couple. If the mother knew what Nakamori Akina has achieved now, she would probably be cursing herself for being incredibly stupid. She gave up such an excellent daughter-in-law!

These two so-called romances resulted in Nakamori Akina having a rich history of love affairs, and she even tried to forcefully impart her so-called experience to Kimura Hiroshi, which almost made Kimura Hiroshi laugh to death, though he managed to hold it in.

He listened to it as a story, but Nakamori Akina thought he liked it, so she kept repeating it over and over, her talkative nature kicking in. Kimura Hiroshi was so tired of listening that his ears were calloused. Considering that Nakamori Akina was in a better mood and that her injury would heal faster, he could only endure it and listen. It was torture.

She didn't stop there. She then asked Kimura Hiroshi what he liked to eat, what he liked to play, and what he wanted. It was as if she wanted to find out all of Kimura Hiroshi's interests and hobbies.

There was nothing to hide. Kimura Hiroshi told Nakamori Akina what he liked to eat, which was Chinese food. As for what to do, he liked to use a smartphone to surf the internet, but unfortunately, that wasn't possible in this era. He was quite bored at night, so Kimura Hiroshi said that he often watched TV and looked at beautiful women in magazines at night.

Originally, I thought Nakamori Akina would be angry, but to my surprise, she actually started discussing with Kimura Hiroshi which gravure idol was prettier and which TV actress was prettier. She even went to help him buy magazines and videotapes, which shocked Kimura Hiroshi once again.

After that, she started cooking Chinese food for Kimura Hiroshi twice. This gave her a chance to vent her frustration. Kimura Hiroshi gave her a good talking-to twice because her leg injury hadn't healed yet, and all this trouble would only make it worse. He had to persuade her to stop.

But since she was injured and still made Chinese food, he had no choice but to eat it. However, the taste was really strange. In order not to disappoint Nakamori Akina, he could only force himself to eat it and made a decision that he would never let Nakamori Akina cook again. He would do it himself.

Kimura Hiroshi found these bizarre experiences both tormenting and amusing. Compared to him, Nakamori Akina was more like a clueless young girl who wanted to give all her love to the people she cared about, but often ended up making things worse.

He wanted to avoid Nakamori Akina for a while, hoping to cool down her enthusiasm a bit so that their interactions could be more natural and nothing strange would happen.

However, he wasn't too worried about the Top Ten year-end program this time, because Akina Nakamori behaved very well in formal settings, unlike her quirky personality in private. So, when the time came in the afternoon, he went to the TV station on time.

TV stations are exceptionally busy at the end of the year, needing to record various year-end programs to boost ratings. They are bustling with people coming and going.