"Dong dong dong... dong dong dong..."
The slender hands knocked on the wooden tabletop, making a rhythmic sound, and this unremarkable knocking sound echoed in the small lounge.
She considered herself to be a person who would not panic when things happened and could stay calm at all times, but today she was extra nervous, and if she wanted to explain why... Not far from her next door was Akashi's saury's lounge.
Who is the Akashi saury? Not to mention much, he, Tamori and Takeshi Kitano are known as the top three comedians in Japan. This alone is enough to highlight his status in the Japanese entertainment industry. A program has conducted a popularity survey on Japanese artists. Akashi saury's popularity in Japan is as high as 95.2%, with over 90% awareness among all age groups, ranking fifth among all stars.
And today she will appear on a variety show hosted by this person. When it is broadcast, it is unknown how many people in Japan will see it.
After being arranged in this lounge, no one came. They said they were waiting for notification, but no one came after waiting for more than ten minutes. In addition, this lounge was small, which made her heart gradually become restless.
"Click."
Suddenly, the door behind him was opened. The Great Condor immediately stood up and turned around. He thought it was a crew member, but it turned out that it was Sato Shizuka who came in.
"The reaction was so big, it seems quite nervous." Seeing the big condor standing up nervously, Sato Shizuka joked and closed the door.
"You scared me." The Great Condor touched his mediocre chest, "Why don't you look nervous at all? This is Qiu Saury-san's show."
"Tch, look, it scares you. He doesn't eat people. Besides, it's not me." Sato Shizuka walked to the Great Condor with a document bag, made a chair and sat down, and handed the document to the Great Condor. bag. "Look at the SACAI contract."
"So fast."
The Great Condor opened the folder and took out a few pieces of paper.
"I'm a designer, not an ordinary employee. I said I wanted to take a photo and discuss it internally, but it's actually just a formality."
"SACAI...SACAI...it sounds so familiar."
As I weighed the white paper with black characters printed in my hand, I felt like I had seen this word before somewhere.
"SACAI, tsk, no wonder you don't know, Asahikawa probably doesn't even sell this brand."
"Look down on Asahikawa?" Seeing Sato Shizuka say this, the Great Condor's voice rose a little higher.
"Hokkaido countryside."
"..."
Although she was very angry, what Shizuka Sato said was true. Compared with Tokyo and its nearby counties, Asahikawa is much inferior, but it is still the second city in Hokkaido.
For example, when I first joined the group, many people asked Big Condor if his family raised cattle and if there were bears running on the road.
"SACAI is a niche luxury brand. Although it is not as popular as LV and other brands, it is not an ordinary brand. It has been selected by Lane Crawford and foreign select shops. There are also many young people in China who like this brand."
"Famous?"
"At least in Japan."
"Ouch."
His eyes moved to the paper in his hand, no, this is no longer paper, this is gold, diamonds.
"By cooperating with them, wouldn't it mean that I am getting soft on the endorsement fees? Hahaha!" Before even writing the horoscope, the Great Condor fantasized about huge endorsement fees. Even if 70% of the endorsement fees would be taken away by the company, the remaining 30% It’s also a lot of money.
By then, won’t it still be easy to pay for your father’s medical expenses, your brother’s school fees, the money to buy a house in the future, and the money to support your parents in their retirement?
Thinking of this, the great condor almost drooled.
"Hey, wake up!"
"Ah, huh?"
Sato Shizuka patted the sluggish Great Condor.
"Look carefully, I'm not asking you to endorse me. What are you thinking? I really think I'm a big shot." Sato Shizuka mercilessly ridiculed her own artist.
Hearing what she said, the Great Condor quickly looked through the contract in his hand.
"I've read this contract. It means SACAI hired you to be their brand friend. They won't pay you."
"Brand friends... I have only heard of brand spokespersons and image ambassadors. What are brand friends?" Looking at the densely written contract in his hand, Da Shenying was a little unable to turn around.
"Well... a brand spokesperson refers to a special person who provides information dissemination services for the profit or public welfare goals of a company or organization. In most cases, the image of the brand spokesperson will appear in the brand advertisement and be identified as Brand spokesperson
In most cases, brand ambassadors and brand spokespersons perform their own responsibilities. They use their social influence and personality charm to carry out relevant promotion and publicity work for the brand in different regions.
As a brand friend, you just have a title. Sometimes you will be invited to attend various promotional activities, and they will also sponsor your products. The brand will be exposed through your own influence, so that more people will know about it and more people will buy it. What about you? , and at the same time, it can also increase popularity with the help of brand halo, which can be regarded as a mutually beneficial cooperation method. "
"That is to say, if I wear their clothes and others see that I look good in them, they will buy them."
"right."
"No money?"
"...I won't give it to you for sure." Sato Shizuka looked at her like a fool.
"Fine."
"What does it mean? Go and see if Shiraishi Mai is not treated like you."
"Is the contract signed?"
"Not yet. I'll finish recording the show in a while. I'll show it to Konno-san when I get back."
"oh."
Happy for nothing.
"Dong dong dong."
As soon as the two of them finished talking, there was a knock on the door.
"Hello, wait a minute." The Great Condor stood up and trotted all the way to the door and opened it.
"Click."
"Yo."
Masami Nagasawa, dressed in maroon casual clothes, was standing outside the door. Her long hair was spread over her shoulders, and she exuded the charm of a woman.
"Sister Yami!"
"How about it? It feels good to come to Qiu Saury-san's show."
"I'm almost panicking. What's the matter?" As he said that, the Great Condor wrapped his hands around Nagasawa Masami's waist. "STAFF said just now that you haven't come yet, so I'll be waiting for you."
"I just came from the last place. I didn't even go to the rest room before I came to see you."
Nagasawa Masami patted the Great Condor on the shoulder twice, and the two immediately separated.
"Let's go, I'll take you to say hello to Saury-san first."
"Um."
The culture of juniors in Japan is still quite serious. This can be regarded as an unspoken rule in the Japanese entertainment industry. Before filming starts, juniors must go and say hello to their seniors on the set, otherwise it will be rude. If you meet someone who likes to gossip, you know, Then the reputation of this junior will become worse and worse.
Leaving Shizuka Sato alone in the lounge, Masami Nagasawa and Ogori turned left and right in the corridor and found the door with the house number of 'Akashi Family Saury' printed on it.
"Dong dong dong."
Nagasawa Masami knocked gently on the door.
"Um...はい, please come in."
A very hoarse voice came from the door, but it was different from the ordinary hoarse voice. It had a special sound, or in other words, this voice was unique.
Before opening the door, Masami Nagasawa turned back and smiled mysteriously at the big condor.
The skirt of the great condor had been wrinkled in her hands, and she finally let it go.
When I opened the door, I was greeted by a faint scent of tea, which was not obvious and quickly drifted away with the wind. This lounge is very spacious, at least compared to hers, with bright lights. Interestingly, there is also an area with a tatami, a pair of shoes placed in front of it, and sitting cross-legged on the tatami...a middle-aged and elderly person? He just put down the tea cup in his hand and wiped the tea stains from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand.
"Oh! Nagasawa-san!"
Seeing Masami Nagasawa at the door, Akashi's saury, Takafumi Sugimoto, stood up directly and walked over without even wearing shoes.
"Hello, saury-san, long time no see."
"Long time no see! Long time no see!"
Nagasawa Masami smiled and greeted Sugimoto Takafumi, who came forward, and bowed. He originally wanted to speak and introduce himself, but Sugimoto Takafumi on the other side interrupted him directly, and he had no choice but to bow and said nothing.
The two shook hands and exchanged pleasantries, but both sides were quite relaxed and there was no silence. Nagasawa Masami and Sugimoto Takafumi had also had many interactions with each other.
"That, this." Nagasawa Masami found an opportunity to pull the big condor in front of her. "The Great Condor."
"This is the first time we meet. My name is Da Shenying. Please give me your advice!"
The Great Condor looked at Sugimoto Takafumi, who was almost a head taller than him, and said quickly.
"Ah, hello, hello."
Sugimoto Takafumi stretched out his hand, and the Great Condor did not dare to neglect it. He stretched out his hand and shook it. The roughness and wrinkles were reserved for the Great Condor.
"Come on, come on, sit down. Oh, I bought a box of tea not long ago. Let me tell you, it tastes delicious. It is said to be authentic Shizuoka tea. Speaking of Shizuoka tea, let me tell you, I have also bought Shizuoka tea before. Tea, but who would have thought that what was sold to me was a fake! You think it’s outrageous or not, there are fakes selling this tea, and if you want to say that I... eh? What’s wrong? "
Sugimoto Takafumi said as he walked back, and when he walked to the tatami, he found that the two of them were still standing at the door.
"Saury-san, the two of us still need to touch up our makeup, so I won't bother you for now."
"Do you want to touch up your makeup?"
"Yes, you also know that we girls can't wear makeup." Nagasawa Masami said with a smile.
"Ah, yes, the female star who participated in the show last time, hey, I won't say who it is. From the opening recording to the end, I had to touch up my makeup several times, but it was a waste of time. Not only female stars, but also some male stars Too..."
Sugimoto Takafumi continued to say a bunch of words, and after finally waiting for him to finish, Nagasawa Masami walked out of his lounge with the big condor.
"Is Saury-san...so...active?"
The Great Condor thought of a few words in his mind, but words such as ink stain and chatty words were not suitable to be spoken.
"Saury-san is one of those rare people who looks the same in front of and behind the camera. He may be chattering away, so if you come to his show again in the future, Ying-chan, remember, talk less if you can. Otherwise, give him a clue and he will be able to I'll hold you until the work is over." Masami Nagasawa seemed to have thought of some unbearable memory.
"Yes...yes..."
"Well, just in time, I'll take advantage of this time to 'train' you."
"Training?"
"right."
Nagasawa Masami took out a small mirror from his pocket and shook it.
=================================
"Ah~ Today's visitors really have nothing to say, there are two of them." Sugimoto Takafumi said to the camera while sitting on the sofa in the recording studio.
At this time, the doorbell also rang. Nagasawa Masami and the Great Condor stood at the door.
"Nagasawa Masami-san and the Great Condor-chan are here." Sugimoto Takafumi naturally used the term 'chan' for the Great Condor who was soon to be his granddaughter.
"Ah!" There were bursts of cheers from the audience in the auditorium.
Of course it was all for Masami Nagasawa.
Sugimoto Takafumi opened the door.
"Oh, oh, please come in, please come in."
The Great Condor was the first to appear in front of the camera. She turned her head and glanced at Nagasawa Masami. She originally wanted her to go first, but Nagasawa Masami held the door frame and gave her a look, so the Great Condor had to go in first.
"Hello."
"Hello."
The two said hello.
"Is this the first time we meet?" Sugimoto Takafumi pointed at the big condor and asked.
"It's my first time." The Great Condor nodded.
It was the first time and this was the first time to appear alone on a variety show that was not Nogizaka's own. She was a little nervous and didn't know what to do next. Suddenly, she thought of what Shiraishi Mai once said.
"In the group, we are ourselves, and outside, we are Nogizaka46."
The Great Condor took a deep breath.
"はじめまして, I am the great condor of Nogizaka46! (First time we meet, I am the great condor of Nogizaka46!)"
She said with firm eyes.
