Kitano was the first to test the mine, and other members who could speak to Weiona came over one after another to express their concern, including but not limited to captain Sakurai, Wakazuki, Ikoma, Akimoto, Wu Geng, Nishino and others. Being cared about by seniors is

It's a good thing, but there are so many people asking, Weiyang Nai feels like a waiter receiving foreign guests, explaining one by one why she cut her hair short, and smiling.

During practice, she was also frequently followed by dance teacher Nana Ueno, and became as popular as TER in the group. Wei Na has a hunch that the topic of short hair will be brought up from beginning to end at the next handshake meeting.

During the break during the dance practice, Ueno Nana was about to go over and have a chat with Wei Na because of her short hair, to find out if the other party had anything on her mind recently, and thought she could enlighten her. Although she often said that it is best for dance teachers and students to

It was better to keep a certain distance and not get too close. But when getting along with this group of girls, she could not help but put herself into the role of a big sister.

"Nana-san."

Nanxiang stood at the door and waved to Nana Kamino, "Can you come out for a moment?"

Ueno Nana glanced at Miona, who was chatting with Suzuki Aane, and quickly answered and walked out of the practice room.

"Nanxiang-san, has something happened to Houli-chan?"

Nanxiang was startled and glanced into the practice room, "Ah, you're talking about cutting your hair short."

He took Ueno Nana a little further, "This manager has told me that the minds of girls at this age change quickly, and it is not surprising for them to make sudden moves. Didn't Hoshino also secretly dye his hair some time ago?

Because her image was pretty good, her manager didn’t discipline her.”

"Isn't it okay? Idols change their images privately."

"It's okay, as long as you don't shave your head. Nogizaka is not particularly strict about this requirement, and you will get tired of always having the same image. Of course, it would be better if you can tell your manager in advance."

Nanxiang said this, Ueno Nana was relieved. She was mainly worried that Wei Nai was in a depressed mood during this period because she failed in the selection, and she was reprimanded by the management for cutting her hair short privately. The two things combined were afraid of her leaving.

Not coming out.

"Compared to this," Nango said, "Nana-san, Ueno Nanalong Bo-san hasn't been busy with anything recently, right?"

"Brother? Probably not, what's wrong?"

"Actually, um, how should I put it," Nango scratched his scalp, "Let me tell you this, do you know about the recruitment of the new Nogizaka team?"

"Of course I know," Ueno Nana looked at Nango strangely, "It's been a few months, and the personnel have been roughly selected."

"This team is in charge of another team and is considered part of the Sakamichi series. Now the operations there are looking for suitable dancers to lead this team."

"So you want to find my brother?"

Nanxiang nodded, "You are his sister, so it is more appropriate for you to talk to him first. Of course, there will be a formal invitation."

Ueno Nana is not surprised about the establishment of a new group. With such vigorous publicity and recruitment activities, it would be too much investment to just set up a small team. She also had a premonition about the parallel group. But——

"I'm afraid my brother is not suitable," she hesitated. "He has relatively high requirements for dancing, and he doesn't have much experience working as a choreographer for a girl group."

Ueno Nana is aware of her brother's character and seems approachable, but he still has a strong sense of self-esteem and pride as a dancer. He has his own set of standards in mind and may not necessarily accept the choreography job of a girl group.

"Let's ask. If you are interested, that would be the best. If it doesn't work, there is nothing we can do."

"Okay, then I'll ask my brother later." Ueno Nana agreed. As for whether her brother would agree or not, Ueno Nana couldn't control it.

——

"Keyakizaka46?"

In the apartment where Ueno Nana lived, she handed a glass filled with soda water to Ueno Takahiro, "Has the name of the new group been decided?"

Ueno Takahiro took the water and drank half the glass in a big gulp, "Yes, a person named Asano Kazuo from across the street called specifically to invite me. He said that a lot of preparations have been done, and various projects have been put on the schedule, including a single

Sales, stage plays, radio, series, and TV series.”

"This is too hasty."

"Or you can also say that you are well prepared." Takahiro Ueno placed the water glass on the glass table.

Ueno Nana sat on the other side of the sofa, gently stroking the side of the glass with her fingers, "Brother, what do you think, go? Or not?"

"The other party said that this time they wanted to create a group style with a more original style, and take a different path from Nogizaka."

"what is that?"

"I didn't go into details. Well, it's not convenient to talk about this kind of thing on the phone," Ueno Takahiro said. "We have made an appointment this Sunday. The person in charge of the project will talk to me in person."

"So, brother, are you excited?" Ueno Nana asked.

"Hmm... to be precise, you're interested, right?"

"To a girl group?" Nana Ueno wondered, "You should want to collaborate with bigger artists, foreign superstars and the like."

"This time it can be considered a 'big name' to a certain extent..." Ueno Takahiro whispered softly.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing." He smiled and shook his head.

Ueno Nana took a sip of the lemon soda in her cup, "Last time I asked you to come and watch the dance performed by the members of our group and give me some advice, you all said that something was wrong. You are really willful."

Ueno Takahiro somewhat heard the dissatisfaction in his sister's words, and smiled, "That girl with very good qualities you mentioned before, five o'clock?"

"Yes, it's five o'clock." When mentioning this, Ueno Nana became obviously interested. "How can I say this girl? She has a tenacity in her bones. Although she is not very expressive in dance, she has been able to integrate her own understanding into it.

The action is on point, and, um... should I say it's temperament or aura, there is an overwhelming quality in her body..."

"Stop, stop, stop," Ueno Takahiro laughed and motioned for his sister to stop first, "Are you a dance teacher or a fan girl? You are too fanatical. I watched the dance of the girl named Wu Geng on TV.

She does have great potential and stands out among the other members, but that’s all.”

"The environment a person lives in determines the maximum level of that person's growth. Don't you think it is rude to a professional dancer if you use the dancing level of other idols as a reference coordinate and call them geniuses? Moreover, the reason why I

I didn’t go, I just don’t want to point fingers at the students you taught. That’s all.”

"Okay," Ueno Nana curled her lips, "I'm too lazy to argue with you. Anyway, brother, you will know if you see it up close."

Ueno Takahiro smiled but said nothing.

——

Sunday.

Inside a cafe in Shinjuku District, Tokyo.

Ueno Takahiro arrived nearly twenty minutes early, ordered a cup of coffee, listened to the soothing music in the store, and waited for quite a while before Kitagawa came over.

"Sorry, I did some errands before coming here, so I'm a little late."

"It doesn't matter, I just arrived."

Ueno Takahiro checked the time, and it happened to be stuck at three o'clock in the afternoon. He thought to himself that it was really accurate, and then stood up and shook hands with Kitagawa.

Then his eyes fell on the girl Beichuan brought, and he asked doubtfully, "Who is this?" He knew that Beichuan was not married and had children, and the girl and Beichuan had a reserved attitude towards each other, and it was not like they knew each other.
Chapter completed!