My daily life with the original diva

She smiled secretly. Kimura-san knew her best. She held the hand that grabbed hers tightly. Holding hands in front of everyone around them, how to describe the feeling? It was both sweet and exciting.

As junior colleagues, they had to see all the staff off before they could leave by car. Kimura Hiroshi took a taxi there, and naturally, he and Nakamori Akina rode in the company car on the way back.

Ms. Noriko was still driving, with Hiroshi Kimura and Akina Nakamori sitting in the back. The car was a mess, filled with gifts that Akina Nakamori had brought back from America, not only for herself but also for her family. Among them were many toys, which Akina Nakamori said were for her nephew, Hikaru, a cute little boy.

As if she had a lot to say, Nakamori Akina introduced the gifts she brought back to Kimura Hiroshi: clothes, appliances, and even several magazines featuring female celebrities, the kind with voluptuous figures, leaving Kimura Hiroshi speechless.

All the gifts were carefully selected. She only had a few days in America, and recording the album was already very time-consuming, yet she still went out of her way to buy these gifts. I don't know where she got the time and energy.

"Akina-san, I heard that Senso-ji Temple will hold a fireworks festival during the cherry blossom festival in April. Shall we go see it together?" Kimura Hiroshi suddenly interrupted Nakamori Akina, saying something out of the blue.

His words stunned the three people in the car. Would there be a fireworks festival at Senso-ji Temple in April? They had never heard of it before. Nakamori Akina was the same way, but when Kimura Hiroshi asked her out, she got excited because this was their first official date.

"Okay, then which day in April? I don't know if I'll even have a job," Nakamori Akira said, both excited and a little worried.

After a moment's thought, Kimura Hiroshi said, "Let's do it on April 2nd. The movie is scheduled to finish filming on that day, which will give us a free night. We can go and pray for Akina-san together then. How can we not pray for blessings during such an unlucky year?"

Without a second thought, Akina Nakamori nodded vigorously, showing just how much she wanted to go.

"Then, Mr. Akiyuki, is it alright if I have to stay for one night?" Kimura Hiroshi asked Akiyuki Yoshizawa, after all, he was Nakamori Akina's manager, and he was in charge of almost all of her activities.

You've already made your decisions before asking me, and Akira Yoshizawa just wanted to roll his eyes, but he still said, "Ah, no problem. I also wanted to take my wife to pray for blessings that day. We can just agree on a time to come back."

Chapter 112 Only a Little Bit Can Be Shown

As March arrived and the weather began to warm up, Hiroshi Kimura's record sales, like the weather, continued to rise. Entering the third week, the record sales still exceeded 200,000 copies, and the three-week sales exceeded 650,000 copies. It remained at the top of the sales chart and the Oricon chart, continuing his chart-topping legend.

However, a very awkward thing happened on the cable song request chart: the B-side track aLIEz of this album actually surpassed the A-side track and ranked first on the song request chart. Many young people like this exciting and slightly provocative song.

Even Hiroshi Kimura hadn't expected this. He had initially included this nuclear-themed song with a bit of satirical intent towards the media, but he never imagined it would unleash such power.

The biggest embarrassment for the media outlets that had a very poor relationship with Hiroshi Kimura was the song's immense popularity. The more popular aLIEz became, the more their faces were slapped, yet they were powerless to do anything about it.

Although they have been trying their best to smear Hiroshi Kimura during this period, it has been to no avail. First of all, the information they can expose about Hiroshi Kimura is very limited, because he really doesn't have any scandals. The things they keep accusing him of are disrespecting the media, being extremely arrogant, and having bad relationships with other artists.

But these are minor issues. Almost every popular artist is said to this by the media, but none of them have been held onto by the media as relentlessly as Hiroshi Kimura. Such abnormal behavior has further solidified their status as villains. People believe that these media outlets want to use their power to destroy the genius boy who opposes them with lies. How can they believe that?

The more the media acted this way, the more real and provocative the song seemed, fueling its enduring popularity. Instead of harming Kimura Hiroshi, the media suffered significant losses, with many magazines and newspapers experiencing a continuous decline in sales because readers felt they were being treated like fools.

Finally, realizing that continuing to hype this topic would only hurt themselves, all the rumors smearing Hiroshi Kimura on the media began to decrease rapidly. Except for a few stubborn small media outlets, the others said they couldn't afford to be hurt anymore and couldn't play the game.

Unexpectedly, this incident was also brought up and reported extensively by several major media outlets, who claimed that it was a case of a boy defeating an evil dragon, which boosted the popularity of the B-side track and also led to a slight increase in record sales. This made many media outlets want to vomit blood.

"Kimura-san, this kind of hype is extremely dangerous. If you're not careful, you could really get caught up in a war with the media, and then it might be something that our little Ken-On and you can't handle." President Hanami Kaku couldn't help but warn Kimura Hiroshi.

Kimura Hiroshi was well aware of the dangers involved. The previous ghostwriting incident and this so-called war incident were indeed walking a tightrope. He had used two extremely dangerous hype tactics, and he didn't know what the outcome would be if he used them a third time.

"Thank you for your concern, President. I promise I will try my best not to use such dangerous hype methods again in the future," Kimura Hiroshi said sincerely.

Hanami Kaku was already very satisfied with Kimura Hiroshi's assurance and nodded. "That would be best. The reason I called Kimura-san here today is that the magazine's president, Kameda, wants to talk to you. I asked him to come over."

After saying that, Hanami Kagami left the conference room, leaving only Kimura Hiroshi and Tomioka Yukio inside. The magazine's president wanted to see him, which puzzled Kimura Hiroshi. He asked, "Mr. Tomioka, how are the sales of my photo magazine?"

Although he was a manager, Yukio Tomioka was more concerned with record sales. After all, his background was with Warner Music, and he didn't care much about other things. However, he still had the basic qualities of a manager. After flipping through the documents in his hand, he quickly found the flyer sent by the magazine.

"Kimura-san, your magazine is selling very well. The publisher's statistics show that it has sold over 400,000 copies, and sales haven't shown any signs of slowing down recently. I believe the final sales will exceed 600,000 copies. Ah, that's truly an astonishing number." Tomioka Yukio was quite surprised to see such high sales figures for the magazine.

Hearing this number, Hiroshi Kimura was quite surprised. It's not easy for a photo magazine to sell that many copies, especially since his photo magazine didn't show anything. He didn't expect it to sell 600,000 copies. This photo magazine can definitely rank among the top-selling photo magazines in Japan.

In this era, what kind of photo magazines are the best-selling? Of course, it's the kind that show all three points exposed. In Japan, these kinds of photo magazines can be sold openly. LSPs have contributed a lot of money and late-night energy to these magazines.

As for idol photo magazines, those that sell over 100,000 copies are considered extremely popular.

"That's really clever. I think I know why President Kameda contacted me." Kimura Hiroshi was certain that the president had come to talk to him about continuing their cooperation.

Before long, President Kameda appeared in the conference room. He was a slightly overweight, middle-aged man with some balding hair. The president was somewhat obsequious to Kimura Hiroshi and immediately took the initiative to greet him, showering him with praise as if it were free.

Most young people would have been overwhelmed by his praise, but Kimura Hiroshi only smiled politely and responded indifferently, showing no interest in discussing further cooperation.

Seeing that the sales pitch was too weak, President Kameda finally couldn't hold back any longer and offered his sincerity: "Kimura-san, I've already transferred the revenue share from the 400,000 copies of the magazine that were sold to Ken-On's account. If you want it, you can get it today."

Well, that's good news. The magazine they agreed on would be split into 120 yen per copy, and 400,000 copies would be 48 million yen. Kimura Hiroshi just happened to need a large sum of money to arrange some things recently, so now he doesn't need to use real estate to buy funds.

Magazine sales are similar to record sales; the magazine publisher also delays receiving payment for the magazines. In other words, the money he is receiving now is an advance payment from the magazine publisher, which can be considered a very sincere gesture.

"Thank you very much, President Kameda. May I ask what important matter you have to discuss with me?" Since the other party was sincere, Kimura Hiroshi was naturally willing to talk.

Seeing that Kimura Hiroshi had finally relented, President Matsuda smiled, though it was a somewhat lewd smile, and said, "It's like this, this magazine is selling so well, we want to continue our collaboration with Kimura-san on the next photo magazine."

"Should we shoot the next one right now? Isn't that too fast? This one is still on sale." Kimura Hiroshi kindly reminded him, as few people would be willing to buy the same idol's photo magazine repeatedly.

Unexpectedly, President Kameda shook his head and said with a hint of excitement, "We can shoot something different, for example, Kimura-san can make some sacrifices and shoot something without clothes."

Holy crap, so this is where he was waiting for him. Kimura Hiroshi's face immediately darkened. What the hell do they take him for? First they tricked him into shooting this kind of magazine, and now they want him to shoot some kind of infantry film?

"Sorry, I'm not interested." Kimura Hiroshi didn't bother with further words and turned to leave.

This made President Kameda anxious, and he shouted, "Kimura-san, if you only show your upper body, I can give you a share of 220 yen per book. Don't go! Please consider it, Kimura-san."

The price is indeed very high. Kimura Hiroshi began to waver a little. But once something like this happens once, it's inevitable that it will happen again, and the bottom line will get lower and lower. Many girls in adult films are deceived in this way. First, they are asked to shoot for sexy magazines, and then they are gradually lured and threatened into making adult films.

Do you think Kimura Hiroshi is that easy to fool? Do you really think he's young and doesn't know anything? And the president, Hanami Kaku, is the same. He just casually let him come over to talk about this kind of magazine shoot.

"Kimura-san, why did you refuse such a good offer?" Tomioka Yukio, who came out with him, asked, somewhat puzzled.

Kimura Hiroshi was stunned. He stopped and asked, "Isn't it damaging to an idol singer's image to shoot for magazines with high levels of exposure?"

"Ah, how could that be? It's just showing your upper body. Most idol singers wouldn't refuse. As far as I know, almost every male idol singer has done it," Yukio Tomioka said naturally.

Now it was Kimura Hiroshi's turn to be stunned. He suddenly remembered that in this era, it was normal for Japanese idols to show some skin, regardless of gender. It was abnormal for him to always wear clothes. No wonder Johnny's later created a boy group called Genji, released an album, and the cover was a photo of the three of them with their upper bodies exposed. During the performance, their upper bodies were completely exposed. Although they were as thin as ribs and there was nothing to see, they still made many female fans scream.

That's not all. In order to squeeze the last bit of value out of their former male and female stars, agencies will also persuade them to shoot some movies or TV series with huge explicit content, saying that this will give them a chance to become popular again. But in reality, most of them just show skin and do not become popular again. It's just that they are paid a relatively high salary for their first time shooting a large-scale film, and the agency just makes a quick buck.

Therefore, you must never start doing this. Once you show willingness, it will continue, and the minimum requirements will keep getting lower and lower. So Kimura Hiroshi directly refused, saying, "Summer limited magazines are fine, but don't come to me again for anything that's too revealing."

He can sell meat, but only a little bit, like showing an arm or a thigh.

Chapter 113 What's the Strange Idea?

As his new single entered a stable sales period, Hiroshi Kimura's work began to settle down. The increased television appearances he had been receiving stopped, and the number of television appearances he made decreased significantly. In theory, he could take a break for a while.

However, his workload has increased rather than decreased. In addition to learning musical instruments, he also has to practice martial arts. Furthermore, the movie is scheduled to wrap up filming before April, meaning they have less than a month left to shoot.

At the end of February, Akina Nakamori went to America to record, causing the film to be suspended for several days again. This time when she returned, Takeshi Kitano had issued an ultimatum: if filming could not be completed in one go, he would really not make the film anymore.

He also stated that he would never work with popular idols again, not even Hiroshi Kimura, because the intermittent filming schedule was a huge torment for him, as he is usually the most efficient person when it comes to doing things.

However, filming is nearing its end. The remaining scenes to be filmed mainly consist of a large number of scenes between Hiroshi Kimura and Akina Nakamori. In addition, there is still one last big gunfight and explosion scene that has not been filmed. There's no way around it, as top female idol Akina Nakamori is too busy. She just returned and is already preparing for her new single to be released in April.

Today's filming was special; it was a bed scene. This was a major emotional outburst between the two characters in the movie. Of course, the bed scene was very restrained; it was just the two of them cuddling and sleeping in bed for one night. Kimura Hiroshi himself couldn't accept acting in such a large-scale scene, nor could he accept Nakamori Akina playing the role. As for Nakamori Akina herself, don't even think about it; she simply wouldn't act in it.

But upon hearing that this was the scene, Akina Nakamori seemed very excited. Before filming began, the two of them had to rehearse their lines in the dressing room. Akina Nakamori, who had already put on makeup, had bangs, smoky eyes, and extremely thick black eyeliner, which made her look like a bad girl.

The two sat rehearsing their lines. She would occasionally look up at Kimura Hiroshi and then chuckle to herself, though it was unclear what she was laughing at. She couldn't even sit still, constantly fidgeting, which made the rehearsal extremely slow.

After repeating it twice and still getting the same result, Kimura Hiroshi finally couldn't hold back anymore. He raised his hand and gently flicked her forehead. "Why are you so happy? This is just filming. If you keep acting like this, how will we film later? Be a little more reserved, Akina-san."

Touching her forehead, Akina Nakamori winked and said, "Kimura-san is going to be sleeping in the same bed with me soon. Don't you have anything to say? Aren't you happy or excited?"

Kimura Hiroshi patted his forehead, knowing that this girl was up to her old tricks again and he had to keep her in check. He sat up straight and said very seriously, "Akina, this is a movie. Don't have so many strange ideas. Now focus on your lines, or we won't finish filming this scene today, and Mr. Kitano will scold you."

Sitting up straight and pretending to listen attentively, Nakamori Akina nodded and said, "I understand, Kimura-san. I'll definitely be serious during the filming. So, serious Kimura-san, what's this strange idea? I really don't understand what a strange idea is."

After saying that, she pretended to be very innocent, staring wide-eyed at Kimura Hiroshi, as if waiting for an answer to his strange idea.

Fourteen-year-old girl doesn't know strange thoughts. Anyone who didn't know better would think she was too immersed in the role. Kimura Hiro rolled his eyes, knowing that putting on a stern face wouldn't work. After using it twice, Nakamori Akina already knew that Kimura Hiro wouldn't really be mean to her, so she wasn't afraid of it at all and even continued to act silly in front of him.

"Strange ideas, only Akina-san knows. Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Filming is about to start, I'm going now." Unable to control himself, Kimura Hiroshi planned to slip away. If the filming didn't go well, he'd let Kitano Takeshi scold him. The wicked will be punished by the wicked.

Seeing Kimura Hiroshi flee in panic, Nakamori Akina laughed heartily, stomping her feet vigorously. She looked incredibly happy and didn't forget to shout to the fleeing Kimura Hiroshi, "If Kimura-san has any strange ideas, you can't go to anyone else, you can only come to me, okay? Even though I'm still so young."

Upon hearing this, Kimura Hiroshi was so startled that he stumbled and almost fell. Fortunately, this was Nakamori Akina's lounge, and Ms. Noriko and Akiyuki Yoshizawa had gone to handle some matters. Only he heard the conversation; if others had overheard it, who knows what kind of misunderstandings might have arisen.

Upon arriving at the film set, Takeshi Kitano was setting up the scene. It was an indoor scene, and there were many things that needed to be arranged, the most important of which was that big bed.

Seeing Hiroshi Kimura approach, Takeshi Kitano put his arm around his shoulder and said, "Kimura-san, your script is very good, but this scene is too conservative. The girl who was just on the verge of death is saved by the male lead, and her emotions explode, but you, the middle-aged male lead, hold back and just hold her and sleep with her. It's too plain. I think we should add more..."

"Kitano-san, I don't want this film to only be shown domestically. Besides, do you think I would agree to that?" Kimura Hiroshi quickly came up with a reason to shut Kitano Takeshi up.

Hiroshi Kimura used the excuse that other countries couldn't do it, and another reason was that he himself was unwilling to film anything explicit.

But both of these reasons seemed extremely lame to Takeshi Kitano. He said with a hint of sarcasm, "I'm afraid these are not reasons. I think you just don't want your little girlfriend to act in these. You're still a young boy after all, and you care too much about this."

Seeing Kitano Takeshi's all-knowing look, Kimura Hiroshi felt he was asking for a beating, so he gave him a light elbow strike and said, "Mr. Kitano knows quite a lot, but that's how the script is, so film it like this. In the future, when you make your own movies, you can film them however you want."

"Ah, that's true. It's so painful to make movies with a popular male idol like you. From now on, I must make my own movies. I can't accept this kind of filming schedule anymore," Takeshi Kitano said in agreement.

"That's Mr. Kitano's own business. Alright, it's about time. Mr. Kitano should get back to work and prepare to start filming. If we can't finish filming this month, then I'm afraid the Toho people will come looking for trouble."

Hiroshi Kimura has promised Toho that he will deliver the finished film to them by the end of July, followed by about two weeks of promotion and then the film's release. Time is tight, and the schedule cannot be delayed.

Chapter 114 Who Won?

"You see, I'm not going to be a good lover, Chiyoko."

"Alright, then please promise me one thing, Fujino-san."

"what's up?"

"I hate it when you sleep on the chair. Tonight, please sleep in the same bed as me."

"That's impossible, I won't sleep in a bed."

The next scene shifts, and the male protagonist, Fujino, is already lying in bed, comforted by the female protagonist. Since becoming an assassin, the male protagonist has never dared to sleep in a comfortable bed again, because it is too comfortable and makes people less alert. He usually sleeps sitting in a chair, because that way he will wake up immediately when he hears any noise and can counterattack as quickly as possible.

But at the female lead's request, he went back to bed, and she comforted him, saying, "Relax your legs, yes, just lie on the bed like this, and hold me while you sleep."

After the male protagonist lay down, the female protagonist turned off the light, pulled one of his arms over, and quietly lay down in his arms, closed her eyes, and whispered, "Goodnight, Fujino-san."

"Good night, Chiyoko."

The two lay quietly on the bed with their eyes closed. The camera began to zoom out, and then Takeshi Kitano's voice could be heard shouting, "Cut! That was great!"

This take was considered a success, and there were no retakes during the entire shoot. However, at this moment, Hiroshi Kimura felt that he had been deceived. When they were rehearsing their lines in the dressing room, Akina Nakamori was stuttering and making silly mistakes from time to time. But when it came to filming, she went very smoothly and her lines were flawless.

Getting out of bed where the filming was taking place, Hiroshi Kimura stared at Akina Nakamori with some suspicion and said, "Did Akina-san memorize her lines a long time ago?"

"Ah, did the clever Kimura-san find out? Damn it." Nakamori Akina pretended to be surprised, widening her eyes and pretending to cover her mouth with her hand.

"There's no way around it, silly Akina can't wait until the set to memorize her lines. I spent a long time memorizing them last night." Then she looked very aggrieved, as if she shouldn't be silly.

Her ability to switch expressions is truly remarkable; she's a versatile singer. Kimura Hiroshi has witnessed her acting skills firsthand. However, she's getting increasingly mischievous, especially when she's in a good mood. She always likes to act silly, but that's alright, because sometimes she's genuinely funny and makes people feel her joy.