Chapter 103: Jenice Also Had Factional Strife

  Zhou Xiao and Ogura Yuuko didn't agree to meet at the venue entrance, but rather in front of the Shinkansen station. The reason is simple: Smap's concert that day wasn't in Tokyo.

  In the year 2000, SMAP's concert tour was held in a total of eight venues with eighteen live performances. On November 24th, they performed at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama Prefecture.

  As a neighboring prefecture of Tokyo, Saitama Prefecture is very close to Tokyo, but even if it's close, some means of transportation are still needed. Zhou Xiao and Ogura Yuuko bought tickets and boarded the train bound for Saitama Prefecture.

  There were quite a few people on the train. In Japan's subway, it is usually absolutely quiet, but Shinkansen and other trains are slightly better. After all, this is considered a train, unlike the short commute time in subways, which can be very boring. So many people whispered to those around them, and it was clear that many were also going to the concert. Especially those middle-aged women who wore mature clothes but held various fan signs, looking at these middle-aged women made Zhou Xiao want to retort "What qualifications do you have to despise idol otaku in later generations?"

  The entire journey took only a few dozen minutes, and Zhou Xiao sat next to Ogura Yuuko, spending the time in a sweet and subtle way. For this period of time, Zhou Xiao had prepared for a long time, he wasn't the kind of person who would mess things up the more he prepared, and he had over ten years of experience as a guarantee. In those few dozen minutes, Zhou Xiao was able to make the girl extremely happy with his clever words, and in their interactions, the distance between Zhou Xiao and the girl became closer and closer. Later on, Zhou Xiao's legs and hands would occasionally touch the girl when he stretched out, and the two young people who were already ambiguous and subtle would have seemingly unintentional but actually intentional light touches every time they collided. In these collisions, it seemed as if every time their skin touched, sparks flew.

  After getting off the car, Zhou Xiao and Ogura Yuuko transferred to another vehicle. They finally arrived at the venue of this concert, Saitama Super Arena.

  What's the difference between media tickets and regular tickets, Ogura Yui didn't know at first. But when Zhou Xiao took the girls in through the VIP passage on the side instead of the main entrance and went straight to the backstage instead of the stands, she finally understood what these two tickets represented!

  In fact, Zhou Xiao didn't plan to do anything in the background, he just wanted to find a resting room and wait for the opening. Now it's just the time when the audience is entering the venue, and there are not many people on the artist's seat either. If he sat down with Ogura Yui, he would be very conspicuous.

  But Ogura Yuko couldn't respond as calmly as Zhou Xiao, she carefully followed behind Zhou Xiao. Looking around at the people passing by one after another, she searched with all her might for someone she might know.

  "Hey, Xiao Zhou!" A woman's voice called out to the young man in front of her. Ogura Yūko turned around to look, and it was a middle-aged woman she didn't recognize.

  "Hello, Fan Yijia." Zhou Xiao walked over and said.

  "Shall we go take a look at their resting room?" asked Iijima Sanji. The "they" she referred to was naturally the main character, Smap, who would be appearing soon.

  "No need, we've already troubled you enough. They must be very busy now? I won't disturb them." Zhou Xiao added in her heart: "I guess it'll be even busier after the concert is over."

  "That's fine too. And who is this little girlfriend of yours?" Iijima Mitsuru shifted his attention to Ogura Yuko.

  "She's just a good friend of mine, she really likes SMAP, so I brought her here today." Zhou Xiao didn't say that Ogura Yuko was just his neighbor, if it were just a neighbor, then treating her to a concert would be suspicious.

  "Really? You're such a cute little girl. Do you want me to recommend you to sign with a company?" asked Iijima Sanji.

  "No... I... I have a company." Ogura Yuko said with some embarrassment.

  "She's just starting out and doesn't have much of a reputation yet," Zhou Xiao explained.

  "Huh, isn't that Rizhao-san?" The three of them were chatting when another voice rang out. Zhou Xiao and the other two turned their heads to look over, and from a distance came a group of about fifteen or sixteen people. This group was clearly led by the two women in front, while behind them was a row of boys, many of whom looked even younger than Zhou Xiao.

  Looking at this group of boys, Zhou Xiao's eyes were filled with excitement and curiosity. Although they seemed unfamiliar, Zhou Xiao still saw many familiar faces among them, people who would make their debut in the future.

  "In 1984, there was Nishikido Ryo and Akashi Jin, and in 1985, Yamashita Tomohisa, and in 1982, Murakami Shingo... wow... and also Kamenashi Kazuya... what a gathering of stars." thought Zhou Xiao.

  The two women in the front, one of them looked very old, with many wrinkles on her face, looking like she was at least sixty years old. Zhou Xiao thought that she might be over seventy years old. The other woman was in her thirties and had a particularly arrogant expression.

  "Tai Zi Auntie, you've come too early, take care of your body." Iijima Sanji didn't respond to the woman but instead turned his head and spoke to the old man beside her.

  "The old man said."

  "Mom said that she felt uneasy all day today, so she came to see if anything would happen," said a woman in her thirties who was supporting the old man.

  Three women were surrounded by more than a dozen men, and the words they spoke could be heard even from the sidelines by Zhou Xiao and Ogura Yuko, who could sense the sharp-tongued and cunning meaning behind them.

  "Who is this...? Mr. Meshiya, did you invite him? How can you bring anyone to the backstage? It would be terrible if something happens." The woman turned her head and said to Zhou Xiao.

  Zhou Xiao furrowed his brow, knowing he was now caught in the crossfire even though he had been just a bystander. It was originally just two women vying for power, and he had only planned to reap some benefits from the situation, but who knew the flames of war would spread here.

  "Jingzi, you don't know him? No wonder, he doesn't often appear on TV, but I think, as someone in the entertainment industry, it's not like you're completely unaware of newcomers either..." Rizuka Sanji said calmly.

  "Hmph, who else could it be? Just some trainee from a certain company, after all. Looks familiar." The woman called Jingzi said.

  Zhou Xiao's age is something that can be roughly guessed at a glance, so Jingzi would say such a thing.

  "You're wrong... He's actually a new singer-songwriter, and his single this year sold two million copies..." Mei Island Sanzhi said lightly, as if she was telling Jingzi something particularly ordinary. But her words caused a stir, originally the boys around Jingzi didn't seem to have much interest in Zhou Xiao, they were all focused on Ogura Yuuko who was standing next to Zhou Xiao, but when they heard this name, they all suddenly became interested, two million, single, these three words put together, and the person in front of them was already on the tip of their tongues.

  "Zhou Xiao?" The old lady called Taisuke Obasan by Rizhao raised her head and asked, looking at Zhou Xiao.

  "It's... me." Zhou Xiao could only nod.

  "Hmm...not bad, a good kid, would you like to come to Genesis?" asked the old lady.

  "Uh... I've started my own company, and the music contract has already been signed..." Zhou Xiao hadn't even finished explaining when the old lady said: "You've set up a company? No problem, if you want to come, we can just buy out your company directly."

  Wow! Not only was Zhou Xiao stunned, but the young people behind the old man were also shocked. None of them had expected that the old lady would go to such great lengths to get Zhou Xiao to join them.

  "Ugh... forget it, I'm a person who likes to be free and all, and I don't like dancing or anything. And I really want to fall in love." As he said this, Zhou Xiao gave Ogawa Yui a glance that was both eerie and auspicious, just one glance, but enough to make the girl's face turn bright red. The timing of this glance was really too ambiguous.

  "You get to decide what songs to release, and if you don't like dancing, you can form a band instead. As for dating, you do your thing, we Johnny's still have some influence in the entertainment industry, so when it comes time to report on us, they won't dare." The old lady said lightly.

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