Chapter 157: The Concert

January 1, 1999, seven o’clock in the evening, one hour before the official opening of the New Year’s Concert. At this time, by Inoue Kazuhiko self-organized the employees inside his Pachinko’s store was set up a fan group.

They had already set up a banner at the entrance of the concert hall. Each one of them became a loyal fan of Rie Sakai’s support group.

Kazuhiko Inoue self-appointed himself as the leader. His star-crossed behavior made Masayoshi Kishimoto laugh. It wasn’t like Masayoshi Kishimoto could say anything about him.

It was only that it was made tacky by the other party; after all, it was an elegant art concert, not a star concert. Only a star concert would have the screams, shouts, and cheers of the fans on stage ……

According to the logic of Kazuhiko Inoue’s thinking, this was also an investment. Not only to curry favor with Masayoshi Kishimoto, but even more so to solidify the personal relationship between himself and the other party.

Nowadays, the Hard Gold Capital Company is not what it used to be, it is just like a posture that is not bad for money, it is not for them to beg others to invest, but for others to beg them with money.

Various concerts, he has seen a lot. As for the concert, his own life is still the first time, I do not know will not fall asleep in the middle? In order not to lose face, he drank a lot of spirit-boosting nutrient liquid in advance.

Some media reporters were invited to the scene one after another. They chose their positions and set up their own “long guns and short cannons” to stand by.

Naturally, they will not run this trip for nothing, that all have carriage fees and red packets to collect. The person in charge of this is Masayoshi Kishimoto’s secretary, Mirai Yamada.

Rie Sakai and Akane Suzuki were both dressed up, one holding a flute in her hand, the other sitting in front of a grand piano, and the posters were posted in prominent locations inside and outside the concert hall.

On the top of the posters, the words “Sponsored and Co-organized by Hard Gold Capital Corporation” were written prominently. From a business point of view, how could Masayoshi Kishimoto only lose money and make a profit, trying to make a false buzz?

Everything was under his control. If you want to promote Sakai Rie, then you have to spend money in the early stages.

Whether it is advertising, or hype, no money is absolutely not. How many people will be able to naturally fire up? The probability above is also minimal, no different from winning the first prize. His inspired move came from Milk Tea Girl.

Half an hour before the official opening of the New Year Concert, a nanny car was parked under the steps of the concert hall. As soon as the door of the car opened, Kyoko Fukada, dressed in a small red gift, appeared accompanied by her manager.

She walked unhurriedly from the bottom of the steps towards the top. As soon as she appeared, she immediately caught the attention of the media reporters, and some of them immediately shouted out, “That person is Fukada Kyoko. They turned their “long guns” toward her and asked her to stay.

Kyoko Fukada showed her signature smile and waved at them calmly while stopping.

A reporter wearing framed glasses even handed her a microphone and said, “Ms. Kyoko, are you here on a commercial walkabout?”

“No, absolutely nothing of the sort. Rie Sakai and I are good friends who have known each other for many years. Today, she is organizing a concert, and as her good friend, I naturally had to be there in person.

I also hope that she can make her official debut on this.” Fukada Kyoko, who had already made a name for herself on screen, was of course not after Sakai Rie, but all about Kishimoto Masayoshi’s face.

So far, she didn’t even know who Sakai Rie was or what she looked like. Her only access to her opponent’s name came from a private meeting between her and Masayoshi Kishimoto before this.

On July 7, 1998, Kyoko Fukada premiered the romantic drama God, Please Give Me More Time, co-starring Takeshi Kaneshiro.

In this drama, she played the role of “Yano Mashiro,” a simple 16-year-old high school girl, and won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 18th Japanese Drama Academy Awards for her role.

“So how did you two meet?” the reporter with the framed glasses asked. The reporter wearing framed glasses asked.

Kyoko Fukada was clinical and kept a smile on her face. She recounted the first time she and Masayoshi Kishimoto met in a different way, “The beginning of Rie and I’s acquaintance was really dramatic.

Once, we were riding in the same elevator. Suddenly, the elevator shook so violently that the juice I was holding spilled on her. Because of this little accident, we became friends.”

“Your acquaintance with each other is like a scene from a movie or TV drama.” A tall reporter didn’t believe in his heart that she didn’t come here for a business trip, after all, even they were here for money.

“Art originally originates from life and is above life. There are just such coincidences within real life. If I were to tell you about the other coincidences that Rie and I had, then you would see me as intentionally making up stories.

However, this is in fact the case, as if it was as if God had arranged it.” Kyouko Fukada was completely unaffected. Immediately inside her head, the coincidental encounter between herself and Masayoshi Kishimoto over and over again came to mind.

“Ms. Kyouko, am I able to ask you a question?” A female reporter was raising her hand towards her and said.

“Go ahead.” Kyouko Fukada was still speaking rather gently.

“What have you been busy with lately? Can you reveal more.” The female reporter wanted to know her recent movements said.

“On January 12th of this year, the idol drama ‘Oni no Sukiya’, in which I’m co-starring with Naoto Fujiki and Kelly Chen from Hong Kong, China, will be aired.

In the drama, I play Ayumi Kato, an ordinary high school student who plays the piano well. I had a lot of help from Rie in portraying this character.

She’s a good friend of mine who not only plays the flute but also the piano. I’m sure this concert will be very exciting.

Here, I wish her success in advance.” Fukada Kyouko knew in her heart that she was not the main character of the night and could not steal the limelight from others.

The reason why she had such a thought was that she had been in the entertainment industry for another two years or so. She had started to enter her eighteenth year, and was no longer the 15 year old girl who had entered the entertainment industry without any knowledge.

After Kyoko Fukada finished speaking, she raised her hand to bid farewell to the reporters on one side, while on the other side, she was moving her footsteps towards the interior.

The manager, who had been accompanying her all along, praised, “Tonight, all of your answers were very decent. Especially the one involving the story of you and Rie Sakai befriending each other.”

“Not a story, all of them are facts.” Kyoko Fukada corrected seriously.