They all pushed me!

Kitagawa Ryo also smiled when he heard this, and turned his head to Koreeda Hirokazu:

"That's Director Zhi. I'm sorry to bother you with this question."

"As for Blunt, let's try the part where the mother just came out of the police station and went to the Bear's Home. Blunt thought she would be picked up and returned home, but she heard that the other party planned to abandon her as a burden and marry another man."

Hirokazu Koreeda pondered for a while, then looked in the direction of Kana Arima and said the last scene of the first episode of the script as the title.

After listening to the other party's words, Arima Kana immediately entered into her usual thinking and preparation mode. She instinctively reached out and grasped the pendant on her wrist, stroking the words on it.

For her, the essence of expressionism is "know yourself".

"The so-called acting is to know yourself and understand yourself first, and correctly understand the emotions in your heart, such as liking this or hating that. As long as you consciously exaggerate or suppress it, you can create a new self in your heart, just like kneading plasticine, expressing the emotions close to the character and shaping it into the character's appearance."

"This scene shows a partial understanding of the mother who escaped from her child. He was forced to admit that he was just a foreign object and did not get any love from his mother, but he still longed for her to change her mind and tried to pretend to be well-behaved. This was also an opportunity for the blunt instrument to truly liberate itself in the future."

After silently reciting all of this in her heart, Arima Kana opened her eyes again. In just a moment, she looked pitiful.

Kitagawa Ryo watched Arima Kana's performance quietly. The script of this drama was originally adapted by him based on various family stories he had seen and heard in his two lifetimes. The background of the character of Blunt Instrument had the shadows of Sarina and Ai.

I have to say that although she lost to Kurokawa Akane in the understanding of the character of the mailbox due to some inexplicable fantasies, Kana Arima's acting skills are indeed beyond doubt. She successfully performed the role that Kitagawa Ryo had imagined in his mind.

After Kana Arima passed with unanimous praise from the two judges, Fulilu Shiranui successfully demonstrated her understanding of the role of "piano" based on the two people's topics. What surprised Kitagawa Ryo was that the other party could actually play the piano, which saved the need for post-production after filming.

In this way, after the actors for the three most important roles in the protagonist group, namely the mailbox, blunt instrument and piano, were confirmed, the filming and promotion of "Tomorrow, Dad and Mom Are Not Here" was finally officially put on the agenda.

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"Reunion after nearly ten years! Famous director Hirokazu Koreeda and Ryo Kitagawa collaborate again to challenge the field of TV dramas for the first time. Kitagawa Ai and Arima Kana form a super luxurious starring lineup! "

"What are your expectations for this work? Which actor's performance are you most looking forward to? The voting channel has been opened below the comment area, cast a vote for your favorite actor!"

Kitagawa Rumi was lying on the bed, browsing her cell phone. A stuffed orange bear was placed under her, with her chin resting between the doll's two round ears.

"Are you sure you want to vote for 'Kitagawa Ryo'?"

Her finger pressed across the confirmation in the center of the screen.

“Congratulations on casting your precious vote. Share this post and you will have one more chance to vote every day.”

"..."

After silently looking at her brother who was far ahead in the number of votes, Kitagawa Rumi confirmed again that she was logging into the small account she used for surfing the Internet. In the end, she couldn't help but forward it once, adding another brick to Kitagawa Ryo's unbreakable foundation.

Among the currently announced cast, judging from the voting results, her good friend Akane Kurokawa is undoubtedly the least popular one. After all, for audiences who only watch TV dramas, Akane Kurokawa, who has never appeared in any TV works or even in advertisements, is a completely unfamiliar child. Even though there are many of her fans in the comment section who are working hard to promote how outstanding Akane has performed in the past two years in the LALALAI troupe, her number of votes is still firmly ranked last.

"The lead actress, Akane Kurokawa, is a leading actress in the LALALAI troupe. She is a serious and hardworking girl. I have always been pushing her."

Upon seeing this, Kitagawa Rumi also typed and sent a similar comment in the comment section, then logged into her other small account which was used to watch other R18 content, re-voted her friend's two votes, and took a screenshot and sent a private message to Kurokawa Akane on the chat software.

The other party showed that the message had been read after a while and replied:

"Thank you, Ruby. But I don't really care about this. Ruby, don't make it hard for yourself to forward this kind of thing. You will definitely need to use your acting skills to gain the audience's approval when the time comes."

"It's not that difficult. Besides, it's too much for Akane to be last. Isn't Shiranui Fulilu a newer artist than Akane? But she has more votes. Let me see, it turned out that her idol sister retweeted this post. Really, I should use my big account to promote Akane too."

"Really, there's no need. Shiranui's acting is really good. I've learned a lot from her in the past two days. This kind of voting is meaningless."

"Okay - then I'll wait for the show to air and see how Xiao Qian sparkles and makes people's hearts beat faster."

"Yeah, I'll try my best."

After chatting with Kurokawa Akane for a while, Kitagawa Rumi put down her phone contentedly, turned over, and picked up the doll that had been pressed under her and had become a little flat, and stared at the smooth ceiling of the room in a daze.

The layout of the rooms on the second and third floors are the same, which means that right above her is the bedroom of Kitagawa Ryo and Ai on the third floor.

But the good news is that I will soon move out of this place where I have lived for three years and have become numb to it for three years.

It’s a bit funny that even now she still can’t tell whether the sound insulation of this house is good or bad.

Therefore, Kitagawa Rumi was always happy that Kurokawa Akane had been coming to her whenever he had time in the past few years, and the two of them would sleep in the same bed together at night. Their relationship had become closer because of these three years of interaction.

Obviously, at the beginning, she just wanted Xiao Qian to help look after her brother in the troupe, but now her brother has married love, and Xiao Qian has become the new top star in the LALALAI troupe. Suddenly thinking of these past events, it always gives people a trance-like feeling that time has passed too quickly.

I just don't know if he still has time to come here and sleep with me after he has participated in the filming of this new drama.

After all, when you are alone, you always feel like you have auditory hallucinations.

It was as if her brain and ears had to tell her heart who she liked, and they were always there, replaying his voice word by word.

Kitagawa Rumi lowered her head and took the pendant out from the collar of her shirt.

Everything is in order.

But desire is always limitless.

Her gaze continued to move downward.

The doll was firmly fixed and clamped at the base of the slender white thighs.

Chapter 10: A Prophecy Comes True

"Yeah, I'll try my best."

Kurokawa Akane leaned against the head of the bed and sent this message to Kitagawa Rumi. Seeing that the other party had no intention of continuing the conversation, her slender fingers brushed the return key, and the page on the mobile phone screen returned to the webpage she was browsing before the other party sent the message.

“Congratulations on casting your precious vote. Share this post and you will have one more chance to vote every day.”

When her fingertip pressed the confirmation button in the center of the screen, the number of votes in the column with Beichuan Liang's name increased in real time.

After doing all this, Kurokawa Akane scrolled through the page, preparing to check out the latest comments in the comment section below. Most of them were still from old fans who were explaining her experiences in the LALALAI troupe. After a while, she saw another comment like this.

"The lead actress, Akane Kurokawa, is a leading actress in the LALALAI troupe. She is a serious and hardworking girl. I have always been pushing her."

Because the comment was posted not long ago and there were no replies or likes, Kurokawa Akane liked the comment of this person who seemed to be a loyal fan.

Frankly speaking, she initially thought that she would be disliked or even rejected by the fans of Kana Arima because she took the No. 1 position. After all, compared with Kana Arima now, actress Akane Kurokawa is a completely unknown newcomer outside the drama circle, while Kana Arima has been active as the absolute protagonist in every drama she has participated in for many years. Even Akane Kurokawa had already prepared to withstand the pressure again.

But who would have thought that Magana's fans' firepower was not directed at her at all.

Just as Kitagawa Ryo guessed, after they released the promotion for the new drama, the production team of "Homeless Children" supported by Burning Production immediately announced the news that the second season had begun production, and the selected schedule coincided with "Tomorrow, Dad and Mom Are Not Away". It can be said that there was a lot of gunpowder, and it was clear that they were going to have such a competition.

As for the choice of replacing the original lead actress Kana Arima with a new child actress to play Aizawa Suzu, although the other party did not specify the reason, they also secretly said that "we have invited you sincerely many times" and "we are very sorry that we could not reach a cooperation again." Combined with the new drama announced by Kana Arima at this time, it is almost obvious that a series of hats such as "playing big and refusing to act" and "preferring to be the absolute core little princess in the new agency" were put on Kana Arima's head.

But they were wrong in one aspect, that is, the leading actor in the new project launched by Kitagawa Ryo and others was not Arimaka at all.

Just as Hirokazu Koreeda took it for granted at the beginning, after all, apart from Kitagawa Ryo, he is the most talented person in the agency. If they were to compete with them, no matter what the mentality was, they would not let Kana Arima be the heroine.

You know, in the various response plans they had prepared, they even thought about whether Kitagawa Ryo would invite ACE to sing the theme song, or directly restart the sweet couple drama to replicate the glory of "It's Not My Fault That I'm Popular" back then, but they really didn't think that Arimaka would actually give way to a completely new actor in the film and television industry to play a supporting role.

But this is what happened. On the official promotional poster, the leading actors only had the names 'Kitagawa Ryo, Kurokawa Akane' written on them, and Kana Arima could only be found in the list of leading actors in a slightly smaller font below.

This has become one of the most convenient ways for Kana Arima's fans to fight back against public opinion. After all, what you mean is that Kana is acting like a big shot and is only willing to be the absolute core in her own agency's new drama and wants everyone to coax her and revolve around her. But how can such a big shot be so arrogant as to relegate herself to a supporting role? This is completely an unfounded smear.

In short, in this first battle of public opinion, Kurokawa Akane stayed in the safe area.

But it doesn't mean that she can sit back and relax now, because the two forces that are currently arguing with each other will inevitably focus their attention on her one day.

Fans of Kana Arima can now temporarily list Akane Kurokawa, who took the blame, as an ally because they share a common hatred for the enemy. However, if they find out after the main drama is aired that Kana's acting skills are better than hers, who plays the protagonist, they will probably turn around and accuse her of using backdoors to get the position, and say that it would be better for Kana to be the leading actress.

Not to mention the production team of "Homeless Children". Whether it is the poor acting of the leading actor Akane Kurokawa or the false propaganda and malicious fraud, the fact that Magana is the number one in the feature film is all excellent attack material for them.

So - you must act well.

Kurokawa Akane swore secretly in his heart, placed the pendant he had worn for many years on his forehead, and slowly closed his eyes.

The last vow she made was to officially defeat Arima Kana once in an audition.

This has already been achieved.

Therefore, this time, we can definitely do it.

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Tokyo, Arima family.

"…It just so happens that your grandpa has injured his waist recently. During this period of time, I will go back to the countryside to take care of him. It should be fine for Kana to be alone."

Ms. Arima, who looks a little haggard compared to three years ago, has had her former ambitions worn away by time. She has become increasingly aware that as time goes by, the daughter standing in front of her will only show a stronger tendency towards independence, and their relationship can no longer return to the initial period that was quite good for her.

"no problem."

Arima Kanae smiled and nodded, seemingly not surprised by her mother's request.

"I'm also a little worried that it will be affected if Mom continues to live here. It would be quieter if she returns to the countryside. Please also say hello to Grandpa for me. I have transferred the medical expenses and living expenses to your card. If you need anything, just send me a message."

As the person who has been at the center of the topic and the whirlpool of public opinion in the past two days, a large number of reporters have followed him like vultures, and the Arima family naturally became their option.

After all, there are rumors in the circle that Arima Kana's mother is a woman with a not very good brain. Compared with Arima Kana, who answered questions calmly and flawlessly, the other party was the most obvious breakthrough point.

Just when she went out to throw away the garbage, Ms. Arima was blocked by them. All kinds of microphones and camera flashes were waving in front of her eyes. The reporters kept talking about agency contracts, being a big shot, and wanting to know the truth. She was so scared that she had to go back home with the garbage bag.

After going through this twice, Ms. Arima, exhausted both physically and mentally, chose to surrender.

She was too lazy to even ask her daughter what she had done to attract so many reporters, nor did she choose to vent her anger and accuse others indiscriminately as she did before.

On the one hand, of course, it was because the threat posed by Kitagawa Ryo back then was still effective, and on the other hand, Arimakana had long since become a person who was financially independent, personally independent, and ideologically independent, and would not and could no longer be controlled by her as before.

After helping her mother pack all the luggage, Arima Kana bought her a ticket back to her hometown in the countryside and a lot of gifts. The moment she saw her mother disappear from the house, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, stretched her body, and fell back on the sofa in the living room as if exhausted.

The house with only one person living in it looked empty, but Arima Kana didn't feel scared or afraid at all. After rolling up and down and left and right on the sofa for a long time, she finally picked up a stack of manuscript paper on the coffee table in the living room.

This was the only thing her mother gave her before she left, the parenting book that she had been writing for several years but had never finished. It was just that she did not finish the first part because of her low level of education, and she had completely lost interest in the latter part, and would only add a few words when she occasionally remembered something.

"I am the Mother of Arimakana", the title of the book that had been decided long ago and written on the cover of the first page seemed to have been changed. Arimakana looked down for a long time and finally found a faint punctuation mark added at the end.

I am Arimakana’s mother…?

Perhaps it is not until now that the other party has really begun to think about this issue.

Arima Kana slowly flipped through the pages. She could tell at a glance that the poorly written words in the early chapters were full of sentimentality, which made her frown and her fingers turned the pages faster.

What follows is a rather lengthy account of some of the events surrounding "Spider," a film that Ms. Arima recorded as a turning point in Kana Arima's acting career.

After all, it happened almost ten years ago, and Arima Kana herself was only four years old at that time. She only remembered a vague outline of many things, so when she read this, her speed slowed down visibly.

When this part was written, Kana Arima was at the peak of her career under the support of Ryo Kitagawa, at least that was what her mother thought. At that time, she was enjoying the title of "the next Ryo Kitagawa". Naturally, Ms. Arima recorded in great detail the whole process of the two people from their first meeting to their getting along and being invited to join the agency, wanting to thoroughly help her daughter confirm that she had a close relationship with Ryo Kitagawa and was the other party's only designated successor.

Although the content of this part is still full of Ms. Arima's exaggerated and artificial writing style, Kana Arima read it slowly, word by word, reading it once, and then reviewing it according to the vague memory in her mind.

Then she read something she had not known before.

As before, Ms. Arima never felt it was embarrassing to pester the director to add more scenes for her daughter during filming. She always capitalized on them in a showy way, and this time was no exception.

Arimaka didn't even know that the last part of the script of "Spider" had been revised. After all, at that time she was still a child who could only act according to the adults' wishes and could cry within ten seconds if asked.

According to Ms. Arima, after she shamelessly asked the director for more scenes as usual and failed, she accidentally overheard the conversation between the lead actor Kitagawa Ryo and the director Gotanda Yasushi about the last scene, which made her once again feel Kitagawa Ryo's courage as an actor and his spirit of striving for perfection in his work.

Although she might have thought at the beginning that 'great actors are good, and the director will happily agree to change the script'.

"So... the last scene was changed by Senior Liang himself at the last minute."

Even at that time, Kana Arima somehow felt that the last scene of Kitagawa Ryo on the set of "Spider" was performed for herself who was still on the scene. It was because she realized this at that time that she chose to talk to him after the filming. In the end, she received his invitation and became a junior in the same agency.

But now that I know that Beichuan Liang had changed the play at the last minute, combined with the other party's series of actions afterwards, this vague guess suddenly came true.

After this barely complete and organized section, the last part of this unfinished product is filled with scattered and disorganized words, most of which are complaints like "As a wife, I can't control my husband; as a mother, I can't control my daughter."

But in the last few pages, Arima Kane found the following sentence:

"Perhaps to Kana, Kitagawa Ryosai is more like her family member, her father."

Only half right -

Arima Kana's mouth curled up, and he suddenly raised his hand, letting the manuscript papers fly around the room and then fall down.

Although it was the same action, the difference from last time was that she didn't throw those colorful petals.

The manuscript papers fell all over the floor.

Arimakana stood up and stepped over them with her shoes on.

step.

"For Kana, Mom is really working hard."

Two steps.

"I had to look at other people's faces everywhere, beg people for favors in a humble manner, and was even kicked out by security guards."

Three steps.

"So, maybe you are a little dissatisfied with your mother now, but when Kana grows up, you will understand her."

There Maganai walked past them and then covered the mouth with his right hand.

It wasn't because I wanted to vomit, but to hold the thing in my mouth.

The Sphinx pendant passed over the tip of her tongue, and the words engraved on it seemed even more crystal clear.