The remaining three candidates among the Seven Gods of Fortune are the younger Rina Ikoma, Erika Ikuta, and Minami Hoshino.
Being chosen as a lucky god is something worth celebrating, but Amamiya Shiori is not happy. She feels that she maybe shouldn't be in this position, especially to replace the original seven lucky gods who have always had the opportunity to show themselves in the show.
This thought gradually deepened when I saw the lonely expression of Takayama Kazumi who failed to be chosen as the God of Fortune, and when I heard the painful and unwilling words of Sayuri Inoue who did not meet expectations.
They all have higher goals than ordinary selections, but I am standing here without such awareness. Is it appropriate? Amamiya Shiori frowned.
Her original thought was that it would be good to have a spot in the selection, but she didn't know what the management was thinking and pushed her to the front row.
In the subsequent announcement of the selection, the unsuccessful lucky gods entered the studio one by one, plus Kawamura Mayo and Saito Asuka who are outstanding dancers, as well as Nishino Nanase, Saito Yuri, and Nojo Aimi who have performed in variety shows, one by one. The selection list of 17 people is presented in full.
This is exactly half of the 34 active members of the regiment.
In the lounge after the selection, some people were happy and some were sad. The sad atmosphere made even the successfully selected members unhappy.
In addition to the girls who were not selected, Wakatsuki, who has suspended his activities, also needs comfort.
The usually noisy return bus was silent this time. Two big news in one day made everyone exhausted physically and mentally.
After returning to the dormitory, Amamiya Shiori got into his room, lay on the bed, and stared at the ceiling in a daze.
There is only more than a month until the central examination, and after that there will be the second examination of Dongda University. Now is not the time to dwell.
After washing his face and sobering up, Amamiya Shiori began to answer questions.
Time flies quickly in the sea of questions.
"Dong dong dong~" At two o'clock in the morning, there was a sudden knock on the door.
Amamiya Souri stretched out, "Hey guys, who's not sleeping at this late hour?"
Amamiya Shiori opened the door, and standing outside the door was Mai Shiraishi wearing pajamas and holding a pillow.
"Why aren't you sleeping yet, Mai-chan?" Amamiya Sori looked at the door of the other room, which was completely dark. The other members should have gone to bed long ago.
"I couldn't sleep, and I saw that the lights were still on in Xiaozhi's room, so I wanted to come and visit." Mai Shiraishi said with hope, "Is that okay?"
"Who's visiting me at night?" Amamiya Shiori shook his head helplessly, walked into the house, and poured a cup of hot water for Mai Shiraishi.
"Can't you?" Mai Shiraishi closed the door, sat on the bed and took the cup.
"You've already come in, can I still drive you away?"
"Sorry for disturbing Xiaozhi's study." Shiraishi Mai pursed her lips in grievance.
"No need to disturb me, I'm going to bed anyway." Amamiya Shiori flipped through the book, "So, what's the matter?"
Mai Shiraishi was silent for a while, "It's not an important matter, it's mainly about today's selection results."
"I was really happy when I was first selected, but when I returned to the lounge and saw the members who were not selected, I couldn't laugh at all."
"I feel that I was selected solely because I had more opportunities to appear in previous programs. However, the members who were not selected had fewer opportunities to appear on the program, and there is no theater in Nogizaka. Wouldn't this be more difficult? It’s hard for the audience to notice.”
"Then when the next selection is held, the popularity gap will be widened, and it will be more difficult for non-selected members to be considered by the management for inclusion in the selection list. Is this what you mean?" Amamiya Sugawara continued following Mai Shiraishi's words.
"Well, that's pretty much what it means. I think the members who were not selected worked no less hard than the selected members. It's a bit unfair to them." Mai Shiraishi hugged the pillow and huddled up.
"What about the selection of all members? If everyone is a member of the selection, wouldn't it be fair?" Amamiya Sōri asked.
"Emmmm..." Mai Shiraishi bit her lower lip, "It sounds good, if everyone has a chance."
"If I were in operations, I would definitely not do this." Amamiya Shiori replied, "If high-performing employees and low-performing employees receive the same salary and enjoy the same treatment, then for high-performing employees It’s unfair. This will lead to hard-working people not wanting to work hard, and everyone just wanting to dawdle. In the end, the company’s profits will be reduced, and employee benefits will also be reduced.”
"But what if all employees have high performance?" Mai Shiraishi asked.
"In this case, if I were the boss, I would definitely be happy. For such a team, everyone would definitely give a lot of resources. But in reality, there are still too few such teams."
Amamiya Souri comforted Shiraishi: "Don't think too much. This is the first selection. In many cases, it's just the management trying it. It will be a long time before the popularity gap is fixed. For example, look, I'm just trying to make up for it. Have you sneaked into the front row?"
"No, no, no, it's not just a lie." Mai Shiraishi shook her head quickly. "Xiao Zhi, why are you so weird that you can't feel happy after entering the selection?"
"You know, that's not my ambition." Amamiya Soi shook the book in her hand in front of her. "Leave the opportunity to others, I'll just be a low-performing bastard."
"No, how can you say such depressing words." Shiraishi Mai threw away the pillow in dissatisfaction and grabbed Amamiya Shiori's cheek.
"I also think that everyone can stand at the top of idols in the future! Like AKB's seniors."
"Come on, I have to work hard. I want to be the center and the ACE from now on!" Mai Shiraishi grabbed Amamiya Shiori's face and twisted it around.
"I miss Duolu, ACE and so on, I never think enough~"
"Speak quickly!" Shiraishi Mai didn't let go.
"Okay, okay, I'm going to work hard and be the center in the future~ That's all right." Amamiya Shiori struggled to pull Shiraishi Mai's hand off her face and rubbed her face. It felt like when you were a child and your parents asked you to speak big words and take exams. Just like Qingbei, just deal with it casually.
"You passed the test, although your attitude is still very perfunctory." Shiraishi Mai was not very satisfied.
The two of them fussed for a while longer before turning off the lights and going to sleep.
A small bed is quite crowded for two people, so Amamiya Shiori let out half of the quilt, and the two of them were wrapped tightly.
"Hey, Xiaozhi, come to my house to play for a few days after the exam." In the darkness, Amamiya Shizuri's face could be vaguely seen, Shiraishi Mai said softly. "Last time I asked Sera Ling to come, but I waited for three days and didn't come."
"Okay, I haven't been to Numata for a long time, so Mai-kun probably hasn't moved." Amamiya Soi closed her eyes.
"That's not true. It's just that I went to school in Saitama and didn't go back to my hometown often. After moving into the dormitory, my mother also moved back to her hometown."
"Oh..." Amamiya Shiori responded confusedly.
"But then again, Mai-like."
"how?"
"Can you please take your hands off my butt?" Amamiya Sori said helplessly.
"Eh? Is that so?" Shiraishi Mai's hand gently stroked Osiri's outline, and then rubbed it a few more times.
I don’t know why these girls are so keen on butts. Amamiya Shiori would resist at first, but now she is used to it.
"Oh, it's up to you. Go to bed quickly. Good night."
"Well, good night, Xiaozhi!" Mai Shiraishi nodded in response.
