My daily life with the original diva

The press conference drew a large number of reporters, perhaps sixty or seventy media outlets of varying sizes, as well as several television stations that recorded the event to use as material for later entertainment news.

This year, Hiroshi Kimura and Akina Nakamori have been incredibly popular. It's easy to imagine how much viewership their movies will generate. If they don't capitalize on this, what kind of entertainment media and television station would they be?

Today is also the first time the two of them have had a direct Q&A session about the movie. If they can get some exciting news out of the questions, tomorrow's newspapers and magazines will definitely sell like hotcakes, and the TV ratings will definitely skyrocket.

At 7 p.m., the briefing started on time. First, staff from Toho came out to give some brief explanations, such as when the movie would be released, the screening schedule, and the release of records to accompany the movie. The Toho staff talked for a full half hour, and the reporters were getting a little impatient.

At 7:30, the main characters of the press conference, Hiroshi Kimura and Akina Nakamori, finally appeared. The two of them appeared one after the other with smiles, and immediately the entire press conference venue was filled with the clicking of cameras. The flashes were so bright that Hiroshi Kimura and Akina Nakamori had to turn their heads slightly, as they couldn't bear the eye glare.

These two top male and female idols almost never appear together, so now that they've finally managed to catch one, the reporters naturally won't hesitate to take pictures, as they're taking photos like crazy, afraid of wasting this opportunity.

After the reporters finished taking photos, the two sat down and began the interview, which was the main content of today's film briefing.

The interview started off normally, with reporters asking questions about the film. These kinds of questions had been discussed with Toho during yesterday's meeting, and they handled them very well, leaving no room for error. However, this resulted in reporters receiving only dry, official answers, which meant their writings wouldn't be sensational. That wouldn't do.

In order to write sensational reports, the reporters began to deviate from the scope of the film, and they also knew that Hiroshi Kimura was difficult to deal with, so they focused their efforts on Akina Nakamori, asking increasingly pointed questions.

"Akina-san, you played a delinquent girl in the movie, and I heard you acted very well. It's your first time acting in a movie, and you did so well. Is it because this character is similar to you in real life?"

This question seems to be about Akina Nakamori's acting skills, but it actually brings up an old issue: some media outlets previously claimed that Akina Nakamori was also a delinquent girl in real life. This reporter cleverly linked the two things together in the question, clearly with ill intentions.

Faced with such a question, Akina Nakamori frowned slightly, and the smile on her face disappeared. She actually hated the media for always calling her a delinquent girl, because she was not. Although she occasionally had a bit of a delinquent air about her, that was a problem that all kids in the shopping district had.

Now that she's been asked this question by reporters again, she really wants to refute it, but after entering the entertainment industry, she received training from her agency that she shouldn't argue with reporters, let alone at such an important press conference.

"Ah, let me, the screenwriter, answer this question," Kimura Hiroshi said, quickly taking over the conversation when he saw Nakamori Akina looking upset.

"When I created this female lead, I considered Akina-san's image when she sang 'Girl A,' so portraying this character wasn't particularly difficult for her. After all, everyone has seen how well she sang 'Girl A,' right?" Kimura Hiroshi said jokingly.

This answer is quite clever. The movie character is based on Akina Nakamori's on-screen image and has no connection to reality. Since Akina Nakamori can play Girl A, she can also play the female lead.

With Hiroshi Kimura saving the day, Akina Nakamori finally breathed a sigh of relief. Her Kimura-san was truly amazing; he had handled the reporters' questions so easily and rescued her. He was reliable and capable. She unconsciously looked at Hiroshi Kimura with sparkling eyes. Fortunately, the constant sound of cameras snapping away woke Akina Nakamori, and she quickly realized she couldn't continue like this, so she wasn't noticed by the reporters.

The reporter's difficult question was dealt with, but from Kimura Hiroshi's eagerness to defend Nakamori Akina, the reporters keenly sensed that the relationship between the two was unusual. It wasn't the kind of bad relationship that was rumored, where they were fighting over resources, but rather the kind of relationship that was rumored to be different: lovers.

A reporter immediately realized what was going on and asked Kimura Hiroshi, "Kimura-san, a staff member on set previously revealed that you and Akina-san were behaving very intimately on set, which was also reported in the media. Do the two of you have the relationship that's been rumored?"

They reacted so quickly! One difficult question had barely passed when they immediately threw out another one that was sure to be a bombshell. If they could find out the relationship between the two of them today, sales would explode tomorrow.

Kimura Hiroshi maintained a smile when faced with the question, but inwardly he was cursing. However, he already had an idea of ​​how to respond.

He turned to the side and extended his hand, saying to Akina Nakamori, "Akina-san, could I borrow your hand for a moment?"

"Huh?" Nakamori Akina didn't understand what Kimura Hiroshi was doing, but she still obediently reached out her hand.

Grasping Akina Nakamori's hand, Hiroshi Kimura smiled and told the reporters, "Actually, today's event isn't a movie press conference, but rather a rehearsal for Akina-san and my wedding announcement. We'll be getting married in six years. As for now, we're in the trial marriage phase. We're planning to have two children, preferably one girl and one boy... hahaha."

Before he could finish speaking, Kimura Hiroshi couldn't help but laugh.

The reporters in the audience were initially taken aback by Kimura Hiroshi's rehearsal of the marriage briefing, thinking that this guy was going to make some earth-shattering news. Were these two really going to get married? But then things started to go wrong with the idea of ​​getting married in six years, and the subsequent talk of trial marriage and having children was unheard of. This guy was obviously just teasing them.

That damn brat, he always comes up with some ingenious new tricks that make them laugh so hard, he's really awful.

Not only were the reporters stunned, but Nakamori Akina was also shocked. When she heard about the marriage briefing, her heart was pounding. She wondered if it was too fast. They had only been officially dating for two months. Would it embarrass Kimura-san if she rejected him in front of so many people?

But when she heard things like "getting married in six years" and "trial marriage," she knew that Kimura Hiroshi was just teasing the reporter. She breathed a sigh of relief but also felt a little disappointed. She had an indescribable feeling in her heart. Actually, marriage is not a bad thing. How could Kimura-san joke about such a thing and tease the reporter?

Very unhappy, she pulled her hand away from Kimura Hiroshi's hand, turned her head to the side, and didn't want to pay attention to this guy.

After Kimura Hiroshi's performance, all the reporters present lost the desire to ask any more strange questions. If they continued to ask, they didn't know what tricks Kimura Hiroshi would pull that would make them difficult to deal with.

Chapter 157 Another Sneak Attack

The press conference for the movie finally ended around 8:30 p.m. The reporters who were there all left Toho's reception hall with strange expressions. To say that they had dug up any explosive news would be an understatement, but to say that they hadn't dug up anything at all would also be a problem. The tricks that Kimura Hiroshi pulled today would definitely be huge news when they were published tomorrow.

As for Hiroshi Kimura and Akina Nakamori, after thanking the Toho staff, they left in their respective agency cars after the press conference. This was naturally to avoid reporters who might still be hiding near Toho, preparing to take photos.

However, neither of them had work today. The two cars first went their separate ways in different directions, and then both returned to the agency. After all, the agency staff who went to the press conference needed to come back to handle some matters.

When they met again at the office, Akina Nakamori turned her head away and gave a soft snort when she saw Hiroshi Kimura, as if she was afraid that no one would know she was angry.

Judging from her expression, Kimura Hiroshi knew that she was probably a little unhappy about what he had done at the press conference, but it wasn't really that serious that she was angry.

"Hey, Akina-san, I drove here today. It's the car you gave me as a gift. You haven't ridden in it yet. Would you like to ride in it today?" Kimura Hiroshi said with a smile. He wanted to see if Nakamori Akina would pretend to be angry and really ignore him.

The result was obvious: she ignored him. Nakamori Akina picked up her bag and clothes, walked over to him, but turned her head away and refused to look at him, just standing there beside him.

The two assistants chuckled at their behavior, but their laughter was quite loud, and Kimura Hiroshi heard it. He couldn't help but glare at them before walking ahead and leading Nakamori Akina to the office parking lot.

This Toyota Crown 7th generation was a gift from Akina Nakamori. Although the design looked a bit outdated to Hiroshi Kimura, he still cherished it and polished it until it shone. Akina Nakamori noticed this and was obviously very satisfied, with a slight smile on her face. However, when she saw Hiroshi Kimura looking over, she immediately reverted to her angry expression.

Without bothering to expose Akina Nakamori's little trick, the two got into the car, and Hiroshi Kimura started the engine and drove out of the garage.

Still sulking and not saying a word, Kimura Hiroshi knew he had to coax her with something. He drove to a roadside shop, got out of the car, bought an ice cream, and handed it to Nakamori Akina, saying, "Calm down, Akina-san."

Although there is a car refrigerator in the car, it is really a bit of a rip-off. It stops working after the car is turned off, so it is impossible to store ice cream in it. It is basically useless.

Taking the ice cream from Kimura Hiroshi, Nakamori Akina smiled and happily licked it. It was already June, and eating a cold ice cream made her feel much happier.

Seeing that she still didn't speak, Kimura Hiroshi, driving the car, had no choice but to resort to the second tactic. He pretended to be nonchalant and said, "Ah, six years from now it will be the 1990s. Getting married then should be very memorable. Sigh, I just wonder who I will marry then?"

After she finished speaking, the sound of licking ice cream stopped. Nakamori Akina turned to look at Kimura Hiroshi and said with a very aggrieved expression, "Hmph, you can't ask anyone else, you can only ask me, yes, me."

"Wow, that's really domineering, Akina-san. Okay, then it'll be you for now," Kimura Hiroshi continued to tease her.

Akina Nakamori was even angrier now, and even her true voice was revealed. "What do you mean by 'tentative'? I said it can only be me. Hmph, you said that in front of so many reporters today, there's no going back on your word."

"Okay, this is what Akina-san said, so we can't go back on our word. Ah, six years from now, who knows what it will be like?" Kimura Hiroshi said with a sigh.

Six years later is actually a long time. No one knows what will happen in six years, or rather, more than five years later, in the 1990s. No one can say for sure what will happen in these years. He hopes to make enough money to achieve financial freedom in these years. Of course, it would be even better if his love life goes smoothly.

Akina Nakamori sensed Hiroshi Kimura's anxiety and, disregarding the ice cream dripping from her hands, reached out and grasped the hand that was controlling the gear shift, saying, "Kimura-san, I'm here with you. No matter what happens in the future, I'll always be by your side, Kimura-san."

This is a very heavy promise, especially for Akina Nakamori. She doesn't make promises lightly, but once she does, she will do her best to keep them.

However, this topic was too heavy, and Kimura Hiroshi didn't want Nakamori Akina to carry too much of this burden. Looking at the ice cream on her hand, he said in a strange tone, "Well, I believe Akina-san, but why do I feel like you just want to use this opportunity to wipe the ice cream off your hand on mine?"

Akina Nakamori has a precedent for liking to rub things on other people's bodies. When her single "Letter from the Sunset" reached the top ten, the program specially arranged a beverage tasting program. As a result, she accidentally got some on her hands, and in front of the camera, she directly wiped it on the clothes of the male host, Masaaki Hajime. This was recorded in its entirety and became a famous scene.

Looking down, Nakamori Akina noticed that Kimura Hiroshi and her hands were covered in melted ice cream. Her previously solemn face immediately broke into an awkward smile, and she said in a rather unreasonable manner, "Since you're going to stay by Kimura-san's side, does that mean you have to share everything? You have to share the cream on your hands too, right, Kimura-san?"

Such a powerful and justifiable reason left Kimura Hiroshi speechless. He could only silently accept it. If you gain enough benefits, you have to bear some very minor drawbacks.

It was already quite late, and there weren't many cars on the road. Kimura Hiroshi quickly drove to Nakamori Akina's apartment building. This time, Nakamori Akina didn't invite Kimura Hiroshi upstairs, because she was too tired from work that day and had no strange thoughts at all.

As usual, she wanted to give Kimura Hiro a farewell kiss, but even so, Kimura-san stopped her with his hand, pointed at her mouth and said, "Akina-san, you just finished eating ice cream, so maybe you shouldn't."

Is he looking down on me? Nakamori Akina was furious. This guy actually looked down on her! She was really angry, but she still said, "Okay, Kimura-san, I'll go back now."

As she spoke, she bent down to unbuckle her seatbelt, but her eyes were constantly glancing at Kimura Hiroshi out of the corner of her eye. When she saw Kimura Hiroshi breathe a sigh of relief and lean back in his seat, thinking he had escaped a disaster, she unbuckled her seatbelt and suddenly pounced on him.

He cupped Kimura Hiroshi's face in his hands and kissed him with lightning speed, even deliberately kissing him very hard.

Completely bewildered by the surprise attack, Kimura Hiroshi was only able to feel the softness of Nakamori Akina's lips and the faint scent of cream entering his mouth through something.

After a while, Nakamori Akina finally released Kimura Hiroshi and laughed triumphantly, "Haha, so you looked down on me, hmph, Kimura-san, now you know how powerful I am."

After saying that, seemingly afraid of Kimura Hiroshi's retaliation, she opened the car door and fled with her bag.

Chapter 158 This is the idea you're plotting

"Movie presentation, no, it's a preview of a wedding presentation!" The next day, numerous entertainment newspapers and magazines carried this bombshell headline, along with a photo of Hiroshi Kimura holding Akina Nakamori's hand and showing it to reporters.

The two people in the photo look a bit strange. Kimura Hiroshi looks at the reporters with a mocking smile, as if he's watching a good show, while Nakamori Akina has her hand grabbed and looks bewildered, as if she's been frightened.

Many readers, upon seeing this headline, assumed that some earth-shattering news had broken at last night's movie briefing—was Hiroshi Kimura going to marry Akina Nakamori? Many gossipy readers couldn't resist buying a copy to see what was going on.

Although there were rumors of a romance between Hiroshi Kimura and Akina Nakamori, it's unlikely they would get married so soon. After all, Hiroshi Kimura is only 18 years old this year, just reaching the legal marriage age in Japan, and Akina Nakamori is only 19. Neither of them is an adult, so getting married at this age would be too early.

When readers bought the newspaper or magazine and finished reading the article, every single one of them cursed it out, because it was clearly clickbait. The article actually said that yesterday, Kimura Hiroshi was impatient with the media asking him about his rumored relationship with Nakamori Akina, so he deliberately stirred up trouble to amuse the reporters.

Entertainment newspapers also published photos of them holding hands, and Nakamori Akina looked very unhappy. She was clearly not prepared for this at all and was angered by Kimura Hiroshi's actions.

"Damn the media, they're all clickbait, using such sensational headlines to lure us into buying newspapers, but it's nothing like that at all. They're all trash media, they only know how to do this." Such comments could be heard everywhere this morning in the subway, company offices, and schools.

Not only did he criticize the media, but many readers also witnessed Kimura Hiroshi's ability to stir up trouble. This guy is really bold and likes to go against the media, often making shocking statements.

He only angered the media by doing this. The public not only didn't dislike him, but found him quite interesting. This was because Hiroshi Kimura had been fighting against the media since his debut, and this was just a continuation of the old tradition. People were actually looking forward to seeing what kind of tricks he would pull next.

However, at this moment, Kimura Hiroshi had no time for any fancy tricks. He was at the office negotiating with the president, Hanami Kaku, about the complete independence of the shell company under his name.

"Kimura-san wants to make his company completely independent, why?" Upon hearing Kimura Hiro's request, Hanami Kaku's expression turned extremely ugly, because the company's actual function had always been just to pay Kimura Hiro's salary and royalties through the agency, although it had recently produced a movie.

Although the company is registered under Hiroshi Kimura's name, it is actually controlled by Ken-On, who even has control over the company's bank accounts.

But now that it's going to be independent, Hua Jianhe immediately sensed a dangerous signal. Usually, after an artist becomes independent from their own company, they will transfer their contract to the independent company. Many famous artists do this as a way to get rid of the control of their agency.

Seeing Hanami's expression, Kimura Hiro knew perfectly well that he was overthinking things. As of now, he had no intention of transferring his artist contract, because there were still more than three years left on the contract. After that time, he himself had not yet decided whether he would continue to be an idol singer.

Not to mention, he knew that Yanyin would definitely not let him go. After all, he was one of Yanyin's only two cash cows. How could they let him go? So he hadn't even considered the relocation contract.

"President, my desire to make the company under my name independent does not mean I want to become independent myself. My contract with Ken-On will continue. The main reason for making the company independent is that I have some other matters that require an independent company to handle. It would be inconvenient for it to remain under the agency's name."

First, he gave Hanami Hyuk a guarantee, and then explained the reasons why the company wanted to become independent.

Hanami Kagami was still uneasy, after all, he had witnessed Kimura Hiroshi's cunning firsthand, and continued to ask, "Is there anything that the agency can't handle? If it's just something related to the entertainment industry, the agency should be able to help, right, Kimura-san?"

Asking this question is actually just looking for reasons not to let this shell company become independent.

Knowing that Hanami Kagami would ask this question, Kimura Hiroshi already had a way to deal with it. He said, "It's like this, President. Recently, I've had some new ideas. I've written a novel and want to find a publisher to publish it. I also want to produce and publish a manga. These kinds of agencies are difficult to operate without independent companies. And the agency doesn't have this kind of business, right?"

Good heavens, you're a hugely popular idol singer, someone in the entertainment industry, and you're actually going to write novels and make comics? You're really venturing into the arts and literature world. You're just a teenager, you're truly multi-talented! Hanami Kagami was completely bewildered, and Tomioka Yukio, who hadn't said a word the whole time, was also stunned.

In reality, Hiroshi Kimura might be good at writing novels, since he can write down anything he has written down. But he can't do comics; he needs professional training. However, he remembers a lot of comic plots and character designs from his previous life, which makes things easier. There are plenty of comic artists in Japan.

As long as you find the right people and tell them the plot and characters in your mind, they can definitely draw the comic you want. Even if there are some deviations, Kimura Hiroshi can correct them based on his memory. It's not difficult. It's just that it might be tough on the comic artists. A boss might make them revise a manuscript more than ten times to achieve the effect in his memory, which is really exhausting.

"You really are multi-talented, Kimura-san." Hanami Kagami praised Kimura Hiroshi after hearing his words, but his tone was sarcastic, revealing his attitude.

Knowing that this reason wouldn't convince Hanami Kagami, Kimura Hiroshi could only show his sincerity. He said, "President, if you're still not reassured, then we can sign a supplementary agreement. After the company becomes independent, I will absolutely not transfer the artists' contracts to companies under my name."

This was a very sincere guarantee, but Hanami Kagami remained silent. He was still uneasy, after all, who knew what Kimura Hiroshi was really up to?

Seeing that Hana was still silent, Kimura Hiroshi knew that a soft approach might not work, so he had to take a hard line. "President, if you still don't agree to this, then I'll have no choice but to apply for another company and put all the things I want to do under this company."

The reason why Hiroshi Kimura was unwilling to apply for a new company was firstly because it was too troublesome, and secondly because the copyrights of his previous movies and songs were all under the name of this company. If he applied for a new company, it would mean breaking ties with Ken-On. Ken-On could then apply to seize the copyrights of these songs and movies, and in that case, he would actually suffer the biggest loss.

He didn't want to use this method originally, but Hua Jianhe's unyielding attitude forced him to do so. If they didn't become independent now, the losses in the future might be even greater.

After saying this, the two sides were on the verge of a complete falling out. Hanami knew that Kimura Hiroshi would not give up until he achieved his goal. He wanted to suppress Kimura Hiroshi, but his bargaining chips were really limited. Should he just sideline Kimura Hiroshi? Although the penalty for breach of contract was very high when they signed the contract, as high as 500 million yen.

But he never expected that Hiroshi Kimura would become so popular and have such high record sales. Now, Hiroshi Kimura could probably find a way to pay off all that money himself. After paying the breach of contract penalty, he could leave Ken-On without any interference from the agency. There were plenty of agencies willing to take him in.

So they are not actually on equal footing. Hanami sighed and said, "Okay, I can make your company independent, but your artist contracts must remain with Ken-On, and a supplementary agreement must also be signed."