They all pushed me!

Seeing Hoshino Ai's unusual reaction, Beichuan Liang also added another sentence, and then waved goodbye to her:

"I'll go to the reception room on the third floor first."

“…The photos from last night were also very nice.”

Then he ran up the stairs as if he was fleeing from his fate.

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"Hello, I'm Kitagawa Ryo from the LALALAI troupe."

"Yes, Mr. Kindaichi had something urgent to do, so he asked me to discuss the relevant matters with the three of you."

After waiting for a while in the reception room, Kitagawa Ryo welcomed the Kurokawa family of three.

The Kurokawa couple had not changed much since they met in Miyazaki Prefecture a few years ago, but there was a little girl following them who looked a little timid, with half of her body hidden behind her mother.

"Akane, huh?"

Beichuan Liang squatted down naturally, showing a friendly smile and spoke softly:

"In fact, I already knew your name before you were born."

"I thought it was a nice name at the time, and now it seems that she is indeed a very cute little girl who matches the name."

After a few words, they became closer. With Kitagawa Ryo's comfort, Kurokawa Akane no longer seemed as nervous as when she first came in. She introduced herself to Kitagawa Ryo very obediently:

"I'm Akane Kurokawa, and I've always been a fan of Ryo..."

The little girl had a soft voice and was very cute, which gave Beichuan Liang a very good first impression.

"Thank you for liking my performance."

After communicating with Kurokawa Akane for a while, Kitagawa Ryo stood up and planned to communicate with the Kurokawa couple on related matters. The staff outside the door also brought hot tea for the adults and juice and some snacks for the children in a timely manner.

After seeing that the person who came in with the tray was Hoshino Ai, Kitagawa Ryo twitched his mouth slightly, but he didn't want to point it out, so he simply let her enter the room openly and stood behind Kitagawa Ryo like a secretary waiting for orders at any time.

"Regarding Qian's matter, I think you two also know that although our LALALAI Theater is undergoing transformation, our main focus is still on traditional dramas. This time, we are recruiting new child actors and are basically planning to train them in the direction of drama actors first."

"This is something that must be made clear. If Qian aspires to perform on TV and be seen by other children, the troupe probably won't be able to arrange such resources for her in the short term."

Beichuan Liang's tone was quite sincere, but he immediately added:

"However, the troupe will not restrict actors from auditioning on their own. If you are confident in your acting skills and can complete your corresponding performances every quarter as required by the contract, you can also freely use your connections to participate in other filming in the entertainment industry."

After listening to Kitagawa Ryo's initial introduction, the Kurokawa couple did not speak immediately. Instead, they looked at their daughter and briefly summarized what they had just said to Kurokawa Akane, apparently wanting to seek her opinion.

Kitagawa Ryo and Hoshino Ai watched this scene together.

Watching a parent patiently explain to a four-year-old what she will face, and then waiting for her response.

"Can you perform with Ryo?"

Akane Kurokawa asked.

"I will teach you some acting skills, and of course, if you can do it, you will have the opportunity to stand on the stage with me."

Beichuan Ryo was no longer surprised by this question, and he answered it quite skillfully.

"But if you really want to become an actor, you can't do it just by interest. Every minute on stage is actually countless times of hard practice off stage."

"It's going to be tiring."

In fact, to be honest, Kitagawa Ryo did not want such a young child to enter the entertainment industry, especially after meeting Arima Kana, who was about the same age as the person in front of him, Kurokawa Akane.

"I can."

But Akane Kurokawa was more persistent than Ryo Kitagawa had imagined. She stretched out her little hand and held her parents' hands:

"Besides, Dad and Mom... they will support me too."

She loves her parents and her family very much.

Beichuan Liang is liked by thousands of people, but she also has at least two viewers and two fans.

Parents are grateful to their children for being their children, and children are grateful to their parents for being their parents.

Hoshino Ai and Kitagawa Ryo looked at the family of three in front of them and felt inexplicably depressed.

"Well."

After taking a deep breath, Beichuan Liang handed over the contract terms in his hand.

"Speaking of which, have you ever thought about giving yourself a stage name?"

After watching Akane Kurokawa carefully write her signature, Kitagawa Ryo asked casually.

"I really like the name my parents gave me, but I do want a stage name..."

There was a rather conflicted expression on Akane Kurokawa's little face.

"Then how about continuing to use the pronunciation of Akane and changing the kanji."

Beichuan Liang smiled and put forward his suggestion.

"For Akane, there are Akane, Akane, Kurenai, etc. There are many. Which one do you like?"

"Red Sound."

Kurokawa Akane, she looked up at Kitagawa Ryo and said the name.

"Yes, Kurokawa Akane."

Beichuan Liang smiled and encouraged:

“I believe this will become the name of the LALALAI troupe’s signature actor in the future.”

After seeing off the Kurokawa family who had completed their negotiations, Kitagawa Ryo and Hoshino Ai both lay down on the sofa in the reception room in a frustrated manner.

“They’re a very good family.”

Hoshino Ai suddenly said this without any reason.

"Ah."

Beichuan Liang also agreed to this statement without thinking.

"In the past ten years, I think I have only called her 'Mom' when I was performing."

"I yell more than you because I perform more than you do."

"Come to think of it, it seems to be shouted most often in Oedipus Rex."

"I have seen the video of Liang's performance of Oedipus Rex."

Hoshino Ai looked at Kitagawa Ryo, but suddenly her mind thought of her mother, the woman whose face she could no longer remember, who had been imprisoned for theft but had never come to see her after she was released from prison.

"But the sense of fate in that play is too strong, making people feel like they can't escape their fate, which is a bit depressing."

"Ah."

Beichuan Liang nodded, stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, and softly read out his annotations for the play at that time:

"Destiny will always catch up with you until you reach the future it has chosen for you."

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"Weekly Entertainment Live" editorial department.

Reporter Tanaka, who had completely established his position in the agency a few years ago with the hit article "Shock! The truth behind the death of famous actor Kitagawa Susumu is actually——" has once again fallen into the dilemma of having no manuscripts.

"It seems that the only hot news this week is the news that B Komachi's Tokyo Dome concert is about to open."

"But this is information that everyone knows. It's not exclusive."

"If there is really no front page, use this one and make up some gossip about Hoshino Ai and Kitagawa Ryo."

"The last gossip about the two of them was several years ago. We can't just reuse the same material over and over again. Ever since Hoshino Ai left the LALALAI troupe, it feels like the two have had less and less contact."

After discussing with other editors for a few minutes, reporter Tanaka, who was feeling a little annoyed, took out his cigarette box and prepared to go out for a walk to relax.

But before he had taken two steps out of the office building where the editorial office was located, he was stopped by an old man on the side of the road who seemed to have been waiting for a long time.

"Who is it? What's wrong?"

Tanaka frowned and looked at the woman in front of him, only to find that she was not an old person in the strict sense. She was probably only in her forties, but her hair was all gray, which made him misjudge her age at first.

"Hey, you are the famous reporter Tanaka, right?"

The middle-aged woman smiled and came closer as if she wanted to tell him a secret.

As the other person got closer, Tanaka immediately had the urge to cover his nose. A fermentation-like stench wafted over from her body. When he got closer, he realized that this woman looked haggard, her clothes were gray, and she even had a small part of her little finger missing on her right hand.

The remaining half of the withered finger looked like a chopped branch and seemed to be quite old.

The woman pointed to the external screen of a building not far away, where an advertisement endorsed by Hoshino Ai was playing.

"I am...her mother."

Reporter Tanaka was surprised, but immediately questioned:

"Hoshino Ai was born in an orphanage. Her biological mother was imprisoned for stealing and never appeared again."

The woman's eyes rolled around twice, she pursed her lips, stretched out her right hand, pointed at her severed little finger and said:

"That's also something that can't be helped."

"If I didn't steal, there would be no way for me and my son to be supported."

"But he was caught. I was always worried about Ai when I was in prison. I wanted to pick her up after I was released, but I heard that Ai had been taken to an orphanage."

"At the time, I thought that if Ai lived with a mother like me who had committed theft, she would probably never be able to hold her head up high for the rest of her life."

"So, although I am reluctant, for the sake of a better love, I have no choice but to leave her."

"What mother would be willing to abandon her child?"

"But now she has finally made it. I heard that she will be holding a concert at the Dome... That's great..."

The woman kept chattering in reporter Tanaka's ear.

The advertisement on the building's external screen ended, and the evening news began:

"Recently, the film Spider, directed by our new generation director Yasushi Gotanda, has sparked widespread discussion both at home and abroad—"

Chapter 39: Please give me courage

"So, that's what happened."

Saito Ichito, the president of Berry Pro Agency, rarely showed a serious expression. He stared closely at Hoshino Ai who was sitting opposite him, as if he hoped to see something from her expression.

【About the questioning letter from Ms. Hoshino Ai】

【Mr. Saito Ichito】

[I'm sorry to contact you so abruptly. I'm Tanaka from the editorial department of Hounsha's "Weekly Entertainment Live." ]

[Please note that a report on your company's artist, Ms. Hoshino Ai, will be published in the magazine released on 9/23. Please confirm the content of the report and let me know if you have any objections or opinions. If possible, I also hope that you or Ms. Hoshino Ai can accept an official interview with this newspaper.]

This is an email that Saito Ichito received this morning.

After reading all the content sent by the other party, Saito Ichigo immediately contacted Hoshino Ai and informed her of the matter:

"Your mother wants to see you."

Saito Ichito spoke tentatively:

"There are two manuscripts from Tanaka now, and they have different opinions. I prefer the first one. If you meet her, even if it's just for show, Tanaka can write a positive article herself."

He slid his finger down the screen of his phone, and the titles appeared in Hoshino Ai's field of vision:

"Only You Can Call My Name That Hurts Me—An Interview with the Mother of the Super Popular Active Idol Hoshino Ai".

"Behind her flowery path, her mother is silently waiting - the mother of super popular active idol Hoshino Ai gives her first exclusive media interview."

"Suffering makes people grow, happiness is hidden in the small things - looking at the childhood of super popular active idol Hoshino Ai and her mother from the perspective of family."

Although she didn't even have lunch today, Hoshino Ai inevitably had a strong urge to vomit. She gasped for breath, as if a nightmare from the past had suddenly emerged from the darkness with incredible clarity, standing in front of her with every detail, grinning at her.

Saito Ichigo gritted his teeth. In a way, he had watched Hoshino Ai grow up.

"I'm going to negotiate with Tanaka and the others to see if there's any other solution. Besides, the Tokyo Dome concert is already on the agenda, and now this unknown woman shows up. Who knows if she's a tactic used by the enemy?"

As he spoke, Saito Ichigo stood up and comforted him:

"Ai is an artist in our agency. The company will stand behind you and do a good job of public relations."

Just as Saito Ichigo took a deep breath and was about to leave to use his connections to find out more details about the matter, Hoshino Ai suddenly asked dryly: