ps, today's update.

In August 2011, the midsummer sun shines on the earth and roasts the air.

The skyscrapers in Tokyo have formed a strong heat island effect. Ordinary people only sweat heavily if they stay on the street within five minutes.

Pedestrians in big cities are cold, with crossroads and zebra crossings flowing endlessly, but few people stop. Most people walk in a hurry. The streets are very noisy, but they don’t feel much anger.

Among RB people, May and August are typical high periods of mental illness. Many RB people are depressed, lazy and tired at this time, and are resistant to going to school and work. This disease is called "May disease" by the RB medical community. It is mainly manifested as changing dietary habits, insomnia, reduced interest or distraction, resistance to the performance of social responsibilities, slow response or sensitivity, etc.

However, at this time, in the main venue of Sony **Z building, a group of girls were very nervous. They were locked in several small preparation rooms and were waiting for notification from the staff outside.

And outside, it is the second interview venue for Nogizaka 46’s interview!

Today, Sony's head, Nogizaka's project director, Nogizaka contract company president, Dentsu and AKS related personnel, and all of them were outside, waiting for the interview.

In this extremely tense atmosphere, the girls began to leave contact information to each other. This is the habit of RB people. In any case, it is correct to leave a contact information.

Next, the girls entered the venue one by one and started the interview.

The staff at the scene were pronunciating their names expressionlessly.

"No. 73, Nanami Hashimoto!" The tall host read the next name.

Nana in the crowd responded in a low voice, and then followed the staff into the venue.

Under the guidance of the staff, the girl walked into the venue, and a girl who had just finished the interview was saying goodbye to the judges. Looking at her expression, she should be confident.

Starting from April 1, Sony received resume submissions from tens of thousands of women. By the time they took the written test, there were still 38,934 girls taking the written test.

Nana, who was originally just trying it out, passed the written test very smoothly and entered the interview.

She recognized the girl in front, named Mai Shiraishi, who was a girl with an amazing appearance. They had just exchanged contact information. Nanami was still very surprised. With the appearance of this girl, it would be very simple to be an actor or a model. Why did she participate in this idol selection activity?

Idols are now the lowest-ranking group in the entertainment industry. Even though the popularity of akB has recently become popular, the status of idols is just a little stronger than that of photo stars.

She grabbed her short tip with some anxiety, trying to make her head look more natural.

Before she could think too much, a person sitting in the judges spoke: "Please sit down, don't be nervous, we're just asking you a few questions."

The sign in front of the middle-aged man said "Nogizaka 46 Manager Miichiro", which is different from what I imagined. The middle-aged man's expression is not only not serious, but he looks at the "limited-time promotion" goods in the hypermarket, as if evaluating her value. This gaze makes Nana feel very uncomfortable.

"Ningsang, I'll do it." The young man sitting in the middle suddenly spoke. The middle-aged man said nothing, and just gave up his voice.

Ningsang? Isn’t that person called Rimi Ichiro? Why is this young man called him Ningsang?

The girl dared not show curiosity because the sign on the young man's table reads "Nogizaka 46 Project Director, Sony Director, Soyuki Uesugi."

Anyone who has carefully read the interview rules knows that this young man has absolute power in this project.

"18-year-old Nanami Hashimoto, well... is it from Hokkaido?" The young man's eyes were different from those of middle-aged men. He also stared at him, as if... he was missing something precious, but Nanami was not disgusted with this gaze.

"Yes."

Next, the Sony director and the top person in charge asked a few questions, which were very simple questions that were not difficult for others. The girl also tried to answer them concisely and clearly because she knew that there were still many people waiting behind.

"Okay, you passed, remember to participate in the final review on August 2o." In the girl's incredible eyes, the young man announced that she had passed with a expressionless expression.

Nana didn't want to ask why, didn't the people before ask for talent? But the host was calling the next person, so she had to get up immediately, bow and leave.

When he walked out of the venue, a staff member immediately delivered a box of lunch. The lunch box was not very rich, with only a small piece of fish, a few pieces of ham meat and some vegetables, and white rice with sesame seeds. Some girls looked down on this kind of lunch box and politely signaled that they had something to bring or wanted to go home for dinner. The staff did not force it.

But Nana is different. She seemed very serious and took the initiative to walk up and get a box lunch.

I saved money for lunch today, and I found a place where there were not many people. The girl thought with satisfaction while eating.

Nanami Hashimoto, who is 18 years old this year, went to Beijing alone and studied at Musashino University of Fine Arts.

Unlike other people who went to Beijing to study, this female college student had a very difficult life because she almost had a stumble with her family in order to study in Beijing.

Nana still remembers that she violated her family’s requirements and chose to apply for a university in Tokyo, but was miraculously admitted.

The news of the admission reached the home, but there was no joy as imagined.

The father firmly disagreed with his request to go to Beijing to study, and the gentle and kind mother did not dare to speak, so she could only cry silently from the side. So, Nana, with a stubborn temper, did not choose to resist, and the most intense resistance.

"I want to go! I must go, I don't want money, I can support myself!"

"Okay! I see how you support yourself!"

In this way, Nana Hashimoto took the train to Tokyo alone.

His father's temper was as tough as he did, and he kept his word. Since he arrived in Tokyo, he has never sent a penny to himself.

Tuition, living expenses and rent expenses during college study are basically supported by one's own work and scholarships. The annual tuition for the University of Fine Arts is around 1.9 million yen, and along with this are high material fees, rent expenses and living expenses.

Faced with the tremendous pressure of life, Nana Hashimoto did not choose to persist. She tried every means to make money, helped others work, worked in an izakaya, and worked as a model for magazines.

The girl is trying hard to survive in Tokyo by using all means.

The beloved long ones also had to choose to cut them into shorts and are easy to take care of because of the amazing cost of care.

In a difficult life, she once happened to see the entertainment industry on the Internet that she had a considerable income, so she began to secretly pay attention that she needed money, and only with money can she survive in Tokyo.

She recognized Sony's logo, akB she knew, so she came.

After dinner, Nanami wiped her mouth with some conscience and took the tram back to her rented place - a "pocket apartment" of only a dozen square meters.

This apartment is almost the size of two tatamis. The small bathroom almost makes it inconvenient for a girl who is already thin to turn around. There is not even a decent furniture in the room. There is only a wardrobe against the wall. Next to the wardrobe is a small table, a schoolbag on the small table, and clothes in the wardrobe. Almost all the girls belong to them.

There was no class in college today. Nana did not close the door and cleaned up her things. She just lay on the ground. Usually, as long as there was not much, she would choose to lie flat and save energy.

Eating is also a considerable fee. Fortunately, I received a free lunch box today. I saved the money for lunch. The long-lost feeling of fullness made the girl fall asleep quickly.

I woke up and it was almost five o'clock in the afternoon.

The girl evaluated her physical ability and thought that she would have to work in an izakaya at night. It seemed that the money for this dinner was not saved.

"It seems that recently, the 711 convenience store that went past three streets was doing an event? The rice ball part was 50% off?" Nana Hashimoto took out a stack of leaflets and looked for cheap food.

The road is a bit far, but this saves 200 yen, so Nana did not decide to walk more.

The girl changed into a refreshing denim jacket, a white T-shirt, jeans, a pair of canvas shoes, and walked out of the apartment door with a bag.

After walking through three blocks, she came to a 711 convenience store. As soon as she entered the door, the girl ignored the clerk's sweet "welcome" and headed straight to the area selling bento and rice balls.

In the cabinet, there were all kinds of beans, rice balls, and various snacks neatly. Among them, the most expensive bean bean is several hundred yen. Nanami could only take a look at the bean. Then she took two rice balls.

She hasn't eaten beef for a long time.

Thinking about it carefully, the shampoo (sweetening) and soap are almost used up, and the refills are not enough. Also... Faced with the dazzling array of goods in the store, Nanawei quickly remembered that many of her daily necessities needed to be supplemented. She simply chose some cheap ones, put them in the basket, and then went to the counter to check out.

"Shenghui, a total of 1,600 yen!" The clerk settled the goods and quoted a price.

Hearing this price, Nana Hashimoto took out his wallet unnaturally, opened it and saw that there was only one thousand yuan banknote, one hundred yuan banknote, and a few scattered coins.

"That... you don't want these two." Nana Hashimoto took out two things from the shopping basket and reluctantly put them aside.

"Shenghui, a total of 1,115 yen." The clerk's face remained unchanged and he quoted a price again.

The money is enough, but tomorrow's meal money... Nana Hashimoto could only take out one thing again from the already small shopping basket: "I don't want this anymore."

The customer was a little strange, and the cashier couldn't help but look at the girl a few more times.

"Oh! You're this morning..."

"Oh! You are... the one in front of me this morning... Shiraishi Sang!" Nana Hashimoto was shocked. Isn't this cashier with a white turban the same as Mai Shiraishi who left her contact information with her this morning?

"I am Nanami Hashimoto." Seeing that Mai Shiraishi could not call her name for a long time, Nana didn't know that the girl might have forgotten her name, so she could only remind her.
Chapter completed!