1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Sitting down again, Zhou Yan asked about Akina Nakamori's performance at the Tower Records store tomorrow in order to change the subject, "What time is the performance tomorrow morning?"

"It starts at ten o'clock, but I should be there at nine twenty, so I need to prepare in advance." Akina Nakamori replied.

Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, I'll go there early too."

"You should go with Shizuka."

Zhou Yan looked at Kudo Shizuka, "Are you going too?"

Kudo Shizuka curled her lips, "Of course, you are allowed to go?"

"Are you just going to take a look, or are you going to show up?"

"I will definitely show up, but I probably won't be singing."

"Okay, then we can go there together tomorrow. We can go to Tower Records to have a look."

…

Early the next morning, Akina Nakamori got up and went to the record store. Before leaving, she made breakfast for Zhou Yan and the others.

Shizuka Kudo slept until half past eight before she slowly got up from the bed.

It took them ten minutes to eat and another forty minutes to get ready. The two of them didn't leave home until 9:20.

However, Shizuka Kudo's house was not far from Eita Records, and it only took them twenty minutes to get there.

Tower Records Shibuya store occupies a building of its own with a total of eight floors. Akina Nakamori's performance today will be on the fourth floor.

Small performances and meet-and-greets are often held on the fourth floor. In addition to the fourth floor, activities can also be held on the rooftop. However, the rooftop is open-air after all, so it has certain weather requirements.

When Zhou Yan and Kudo Shizuka arrived, the performance had not started yet, so the two started shopping in the bookstore.

They deliberately disguised themselves when they went out, especially Kudo Shizuka, who was wrapped tightly and difficult to be recognized.

The first floor of the bookstore mainly sells newly released albums and some best-selling records, with a wide variety and coverage.

After a round of strolling, Zhou Yan not only saw the records of the three of them, but also saw a promotional poster related to Akina Nakamori's new song.

Kudo Shizuka pointed at the poster and said, "Look, this is your name."

In fact, there was no need for Kudo Shizuka to point it out, Zhou Yan could see his name at a glance, because the biggest words on the poster were "Zhou Yan".

Obviously, Zhou Yan's composition is also the focus of this promotion.

For many Japanese music fans, "must-buy songs composed by Zhou Yan" are equivalent to "must-buy songs", which greatly promotes sales.

Now, any song that can be connected with Zhou Yan will attract attention.

After shopping on the first floor, the two went to the second floor.

Compared to the first floor, the second floor is more like a leisure area. There are fewer record shelves here, but many more shelves for peripheral products, as well as some food and beverage counters where customers can relax and entertain.

The third floor mainly sells Japanese domestic music products, mainly pop music. The posters you just saw on the first floor are also on the third floor.

When they reached the third floor, they could already clearly hear the noise coming from the fourth floor.

When they reached the fourth floor, they saw that the entire floor was crowded with people.

There were also shelves on the fourth floor, mainly displaying records of some idol groups, but there was a lot of open space. Zhou Yan estimated that the entire fourth floor was probably crowded with two to three hundred people.

The single floor of this building is not big. Unlike the "shed" like Record Surplus that Zhou Yan visited before, it is very difficult to squeeze two or three hundred people in. There are even many people standing on the stairs.

It is so difficult for Zhou Yan and his friends to go through the fourth floor and check out the upper floors. Otherwise, they have to go to the third floor and take the elevator directly to the fifth floor.

However, since they had already reached the fourth floor and the show was about to begin, the two of them did not continue shopping, but instead walked along the edge of the floor to move inside.

Although there were a lot of people, the edge of the floor was blocked by shelves, so it was not as crowded as the empty space, and there was still some space left for Zhou Yan and others to walk.

The two men walked through the crowd and tried to get as close to the stage as possible, but it was not easy to squeeze in further. Finally, the two stopped about seven or eight meters away from the stage.

When Akina Nakamori appeared in the middle of the stage, the shouts of fans rang out around her, and Zhou Yan felt like his ears were almost going deaf.

Although there were only two or three hundred people, this was an indoor room and the area was very small. Everyone's shouting echoed inside the building, making it feel like the floor was vibrating.

"Hello everyone, I'm Akina, thank you all for coming here." Akina Nakamori, holding the microphone, quietly greeted the audience on the stage.

After another round of shouting, the host said, "Akina, we all know that you will be releasing new songs soon. Can you tell us what the new songs are?"

Akina Nakamori nodded and replied, "Well, two new songs will be released this time, namely "Homecoming" and "Fireworks". One is my solo, and the other is a duet with Shizuka Kudo."

"This should be your first time working with Shizuka Kudo, right?" asked the host.

"Well, this is the first time for this kind of cooperation."

"In addition to collaborating with Shizuka Kudo this time, the composers of both songs are also people we are familiar with."

Akina Nakamori nodded, "Yes, both songs were composed by Zhou Yan."

"Wow!"

There was a cry of surprise at the scene.

"Zhou Yanjun!"

In fact, there is no fan who came to the scene today who didn’t know about this. The reason why they exclaimed like that was naturally to show their support.

And Zhou Yan's composition is indeed worthy of their exclamation.

After the host finished talking to Akina Nakamori about the new song, Akina Nakamori started singing.

The first song she sang today was the old song "Station".

This is also a song that is very familiar to fans of Akina Nakamori. In fact, Akina Nakamori has not sung this song live for quite a long time, so fans are still quite looking forward to it.

I wonder what will be different when Akina Nakamori sings "Station" again after such a long time.

Soon, the melodious singing voice of Akina Nakamori was heard.

When hearing Akina Nakamori's voice, many fans showed surprised expressions, because the feeling of Akina Nakamori singing this song today was very different from when she sang it before.

In the past, Akina Nakamori’s singing of “Station” always conveyed a very broken and sad feeling, making people want to cry.

As soon as they heard the name of the song "Station", many fans began to feel sad.

But today's version sounds free and easy, and some viewers even saw a faint smile on Akina Nakamori's face.

I've never seen this before!

When Akina Nakamori sang this song before, it was good enough that she didn’t cry. Have you ever seen her smile?

Of course, it sounds good to sing this way, but the key is that it is very special because it is a brand new version that they have never heard before.

Standing next to Kudo Shizuka were two girls in their teens and 18s. As they listened to this new version, they couldn't help but gossip in low voices.

"Wow, this version sounds great."

"Yeah, yeah, I've never heard Akina sing the station song like that."

"Maybe they are in love, hehe."

“It’s possible.”

"If we really fall in love, I hope it will have a good result this time."

"Judging from her performance, she should be pretty good."

“I’m afraid that happiness is only temporary.”

…

Hearing the gossip of the two little girls, Kudo Shizuka couldn't help but roll her eyes at Zhou Yan.

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Of course, she also heard the difference in the song "Station" and immediately understood the reason.

Faced with Kudo Shizuka's contempt, Zhou Yan could only look straight ahead and pretend not to see it.

At this time, playing dead is the wisest thing to do, and any response would be asking for trouble.

When the song ended, Zhou Yan clapped with everyone.

After singing a song, Akina Nakamori did not sing the next song immediately, but picked a lucky audience member to interact on the stage.

The host picked a girl in her twenties. The girl was not sitting in the first row. She was very happy after being picked and tried hard to squeeze through the crowd to get on the stage.

When she got on the stage, the girl was still very excited. It was obvious that she wanted to hug Akina Nakamori, but she couldn't muster up the courage and could only look at Akina Nakamori at a loss.

However, Akina Nakamori saw that the girl was a little nervous, so she took the initiative to shake the girl's empty hand.

The girl only had one hand free, because she held Akina Nakamori's single "Snow Flower" in her other hand.

After watching Snow Flower, Akina Nakamori asked, "Would you like an autograph?"

The girl nodded repeatedly in surprise. She brought the things just to get an autograph.

Akina Nakamori smiled, asked her assistant for a pen, and then signed the "Snow Flower" in the girl's hand.

After she signed her name, the host said, "Please calm down. We have a few questions for you to answer. If you can answer them correctly, we will give you a prize."

When the girls heard that there were prizes, they nodded again and again.

The host smiled and asked the first question, "Excuse me, how long have you liked Akina?"

"I..." The girl counted on her fingers, "I have liked Akina since I was ten years old. It has been thirteen years."

"Wow, thirteen years, that's really a long time," the host exclaimed.

If the girl was not lying, it had indeed been a long time.

Akina Nakamori debuted fifteen years ago. She was already somewhat famous thirteen years ago, but she was still just a youthful idol singer and she didn't have many fans.

It is really not easy to like Akina Nakamori for thirteen years. Especially after so many years, it is even more precious that you can still go to the scene to support Akina Nakamori.

Of course, many fans like to say that they have liked their idols for a longer time to show that they have more seniority, which is also normal.

Of course, the host also liked to hear this kind of answer. Doesn't it prove that Akina Nakamori became famous early? He wished that all the people present were Akina Nakamori's 15-year-old fans, so that today's event would definitely be a complete success.

However, when Akina Nakamori heard this answer, she smiled. She originally thought that she was not much older than this female fan, but the other girl had been listening to her songs for more than ten years since she was a child.

All of a sudden, she felt really old.

At her age now, she can even give birth to a child of herself when she first debuted.

Time goes by so fast.

The host asked the second question, "What was the first song by Akina that you heard? Do you still remember it?"

"Of course I remember, Girl A." The girl answered quickly.

"Girl A" is Akina Nakamori's second single and also her best-performing song at the beginning.

The reason why this song performed so well was mainly because the lyrics were considered to be sexually suggestive and were banned by the Neon Relaxation Association TV station, thus causing a lot of discussion and attracting attention.

As the topic became popular, sales naturally increased as well. It was also from that song that many people got to know her.

At that time, the company's publicity approach compared Akina Nakamori to Momoe Yamaguchi.

Then the host asked the third question, "Do you know how old Akina was when she won the Neon Record Award, or do you know what year it was?"

This question is actually quite difficult. Fans may remember that Akina Nakamori won the Neon Records Award, but they generally can't remember which year it was.

But the girl behaved well and answered quickly, "It was in 1985, when Akina was 20 years old."

The girl answered so quickly that even the host was a little surprised.

In fact, the host did not want to embarrass the girl. He was already prepared. If the girl could not answer this question, he would ask two more simple questions, and then the girl would be considered passed.

The reason I ask this question is to bring up the matter of the Neon Record Awards and praise Akina Nakamori.

"Wow, you are amazing. You can answer it so quickly."

The girl was proud: "Because I remember that Akina set a record at that time. She was the youngest winner in history."

The host's smile widened. He had wanted to bring up this point in the first place, but the girl had essentially stolen his line.

However, he was not unhappy about his lines being snatched away. Instead, he was very happy.

Such words would be better said by the fans themselves, and it would have no effect if they were said by the host.

"Well, your answer is great, we will give you a gift, that is my hug."

As he said this, the host opened his arms and pretended to hug the girl.

The girl was still thinking about what commemorative gift she could get, but she didn't expect it to be a hug from the host. She was stunned for a moment and neither dodged backwards nor went forward to greet the hug.

Seeing the girl was stunned, the host retracted his arm and said with a smile, "It's just a joke. The real prize is Akina's latest photo album signed by her."

"Latest photo album?" The girl's eyes widened with surprise.

Previously, Akina Nakamori had actually published many photo albums, the most famous of which was her first photo album in 1982.

In 1993, FM helped her publish a photo album called "Fifty Off". Four years later, she did not publish another photo album. (End of this chapter)