Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 1003
On New Year's Eve, Oda Tetsuro refused to accompany BBQQUEENS at the Red and White Song Concert, but he will still attend the Record Awards on the same day on time.

"Let's Dance Together" swept all the awards this year. In addition to winning the Record Award, the composer Tetsuro Oda also won the Best Composer Award this year.

The award for best composition generally does not attract much attention from the audience, but from the perspective of the awards, it is a very important award.In today's era, this award is more inclined to be awarded to composers of enka or ballads. The unknown Tetsuro Oda can win this award, which shows the power of "Let's Dance Together".

But on the other hand, the winner of this year's Best Lyricist Award is ZARD's Kamaike Sachiko.

Best Lyrics and Best Composition, the winners of the two awards are no longer the creators of enka and ballads, and they are all new stars in the pop music industry who have only recently begun to emerge. The awards are trying to be younger and reduce enka and ballads The proportion of these two genres, which are becoming less and less popular, has also been put on the table and tried to convey to the audience in front of the TV.

Today, fewer and fewer people watch TV, and public tastes have changed.Today, when enka and ballads are declining, TV stations can only compromise the face of enka and ballads in order to attract young audiences in order to consider the ratings.

Oda Tetsuro was unwilling to accompany BBQQUEENS at the Red and White Song Concert, but since the Composition Award of the Record Awards was given to him, this unknown composer, he had to be present to get it back.

What's more, Oda Tetsuro also attaches great importance to this award.

Since entering the music industry ten years ago, he has been unknown for many years and has no confidence in the songs he writes.Even though he gained some attention because of the success of TUBE, it was not until this song "Let's Dance Together" that his name began to spread.

Selling 150 million copies of the annual crown single, a song that everyone, men, women, and children are singing, for the first time in his life, Oda Tetsuro realized what kind of "miracle" his own hands can create.

Although Oda Tetsuro is introverted and sensitive, he is not a withdrawn musician who is obsessed with fame and fortune. He hides behind the scenes wholeheartedly. With such recognition, there was a kind of relief that let out a long breath. ... At least it proves that ten years of persistence are correct.

To receive the best composition award, you don't need to perform on stage, and you don't need to be there in advance to participate in rehearsals.Moreover, since he doesn't plan to accompany the group on the stage of the Red and White Song Festival, then when BBQQUEENS comes to the Budokan to receive the grand prize later, no matter what the consideration is, he will not be the group's accompaniment.

At that time, go to the stage to receive the award, and the staff will give instructions on how to go along the way.And Oda Tetsuro is not interested in such things as arriving early and making friends with people in the industry around the Budokan——

It's one thing to want recognition, it's another to have the heart to climb.

In this way, Oda Tetsuro just waited for the opening of the grand prize, and then sat in the auditorium—of course, considering the road conditions on New Year’s Eve, even though he didn’t need to be there half a day in advance to make connections, it was impossible for him to step in field.

Oda Tetsuro originally planned to go to the Budokan to receive the award on his beloved bicycle, but this idea was rejected on the spot. Nagato Taiko not only took him to fully armed with a new suit that he wore when receiving the award, but also arranged for a driver , assistant and other roles to accompany.

The slovenly musician who walks on slippers all day, with a face of lack of sleep after staying up all night, who floats like a ghost between the recording studio and the record company, now needs to seriously dress up.

After all, Oda Tetsuro is just a pure musician.Therefore, he was delighted to receive the award as a composer, and he was pleased to be there to accept the award.

But Taiyuki Nagato handed over the music copyright to Ikuo Suo for management. This kind of thing that had to be done in the eyes of Taiyuki Nagato, a businessman, was in the eyes of the musician Oda Tetsuro. The ideals promised when we were BEING.

For Oda Tetsuro, the reason why he reacted so strongly to this incident was because he felt betrayed.

The "big brother" Nagato, who he respects and obeys his words, seems to have changed into another person after he joined the BURNING department and became the president of VERMILLION Records.

Not only that, this year's Kohaku Uta, B'z's Takahiro Matsumoto and Hiroshi Inaba accepted the invitation to appear at Taiko Nagato's strong request. After hearing about this, Tetsuro Oda was also quite shocked.

At the beginning, I chose BEING, wasn't it because of the respect shown by President Nagato for the personality of musicians?But now it seems that that kind of "respect" seems to be their wishful thinking as musicians.

Maybe it’s a little heartless to think so, but since the establishment of VERMILLION Records, Nagato’s series of actions made him have to think about it. Nagato’s "respect" can only exist when the production company is humble.

Although in order for him to receive the Best Composition Award at the Grand Prize, Taiko Nagato's arrangements seemed to be very brotherly.However, the feeling of being betrayed, the thorn in his heart, made his heart hurt even more because of Nagato Taiko's thoughtful demeanor.

In the evening, after changing into a suit and sitting in the car arranged by the record company, on the way to the Budokan, Oda Tetsuro thought about these things, and he couldn't explain what he felt in his heart.

However, thinking of receiving this extremely important award to himself tonight, the gloom in his heart finally dissipated for a while, and it was inevitable that he looked forward to that important moment.

……

The backstage of the Red and White Song Club.

For two consecutive years, he appeared as the backup dancer of Hikari Genji in the Red and White Song Concert. This year, he finally made his debut as the representative of the White Team and has his own identity.Even so, after their debut, the results are not good, and among the few teenagers, it is not all the joy of debut.

If there is any "good thing", this year, after becoming SMAP, they were arranged to stay in the same lounge with the three seniors of the youth team, instead of staying in the lounge of Guang Genji as in previous years, Being ridiculed by various orders.

In particular, GENJI regards SMAP as an opponent. Now that the group's debut performance is so poor, if they are still in the same room, I can imagine how Zhu Xing and the few people in the lead will ridicule them.

Compared with the domineering GENJI, the three seniors of the youth team are more friendly and graceful.

"Moreover, last year and the year before last, the three seniors all prepared generous red envelopes." Shingo Katori thought quietly in his heart.He is only 13 years old this year, and there is almost a generation difference between him and the youth team.

Staying by the side of the youth team this year, the youngsters of SMAP were freed from the anguish of being directed around by Guang Genji and having to run around the backstage of the Red and White Song Club at the risk of being reprimanded, and were able to wait for the show in peace. start.

"This year, DREAMS COME TRUE will also participate in the Kohaku Song Festival." Thinking of this, Katori Shingo raised his head subconsciously and looked at Kimura Takuya who was sitting near the entrance.

Although they don't need to be directed around, but staying beside the seniors, the few teenagers are honest and behaved, sitting quietly on the side, and don't make any noise in the lounge unless the seniors talk to them.

The year before last, in order to buy drinks for senior Zhuxing, he was running around in the hallway and bumped into the giraffe-san of DREAMS COME TRUE, and was educated a lot.Last year, I was asked by Senior Zhuxing to find out the identity of Giraffe-san and find a way to get rid of his headgear.

But both times, Katori Shingo got the care of Kimura Takuya, and he stepped forward to stand in front of him, and dealt with the difficulties of Zhuxing and himself.

This year, not only did he breathe a sigh of relief, even Brother Kimura finally didn't have to be implicated by him.

"Why is Lord Shenwu sighing?"

A sudden voice made Katori Shingo's eyes widen.Katsuhide Uekusa of the youth team watched his reaction and smiled, "Sorry, sorry, it seems to scare the boy who is obsessed with thinking."

Katori Shingo's face turned red, and he stammered to explain, "No, that's not the case..."

"Don't tease him." Dongshan Jizhi smiled.

The seemingly weak and deceitful boy will arouse Zhuxing Kazuki's malice to bully and tease him more and more, and he will also be treated tolerantly like he is now being treated by the youth team, or the giraffe man before.

After a while, Katori Shingo got up, bowed, and walked out of the lounge.It's not even time for the Red and White Song Concert to start, but the rehearsal has almost come to an end, and the backstage is much quieter than before.

A few steps after he came out, he was patted on the back, and was just startled when he heard a familiar voice, "Mr. Shenwu."

Katori Shingo turned around, "Brother Kimura."

"Is there something on your mind?" Kimura Takuya withdrew his hand and subconsciously put it in his pocket.After a while, I remembered that they were wearing costumes without pockets, and felt amused for a while.

Katori Shingo shook his head, "It's nothing, I remembered the giraffe-san from DREAMS COME TRUE."

This is something that SMAP understands each other as soon as they talk about it.

The boy showed a naive expression, "When I saw the news about the remake of DREAMS COME TRUE this year, I still wondered if Giraffe-san would also bid farewell to the stage of the Red and White Song Festival."

"Fortunately not." Kimura Takuya said what Katori Shingo wanted to say.

This year, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. I don’t have to worry about running around in the corridor and bumping into Giraffe-san, and I don’t have to worry about being instigated by senior Zhuxing to do bad things to Giraffe-san again...

Katori Shingo expressed his feelings, "If we can meet each other, it would be nice to say hello."

Ordinary lowered his head and said hello to Giraffe-san.

……

This year's Red and White Song Concert, Yanqiao Shinichi successfully achieved his small goal, sent ZARD to the list of appearances, and asked the three male musicians of the band to accompany him and Brother Nakamura.

Among Qing Yishui's female singers, the number of men mixed in has increased to five, but as a man, he appeared in the red group, and this incident suddenly became normal.

Having said that, after all, they belong to different record companies and offices, and the two bands did not get together for a party. DREAMS COME TRUE will continue to enjoy a separate lounge this year, so that Shinichi Iwahashi does not have to be ready all the time.

On the other hand, ZARD and BOLAN are in the same room, acquaintances from the same company stay together, and the atmosphere is naturally relaxed and happy.

Shinichi Iwahashi came to participate in the rehearsal with makeup, and had to calculate the time to leave from the NHK lobby and go to the Budokan to present the awards.The driver and accompanying assistants were waiting in the parking lot in advance, and the clothes for the award ceremony were also in the car.

This year's best composition award is Oda Tetsuro.

Of course, Iwahashi Shin is very impressed with the name, after all, he is the composer of "Let's Dance Together".In addition, I also heard from Dahei Moji that he had some friendship with Dahei Moji and wrote a song for her.

However, even though he is very familiar with this name, he has never seen him in person.After all, the specific production of "Let's Dance Together" was outsourced to BEING, and Shinichi Iwahashi hardly intervened.

Yanqiao Shinichi also wanted to get acquainted with this composer, but he never had a suitable opportunity.Unexpectedly, the third class and the second class, the first time we met, was on the stage of the Record Awards, and I presented him with an award.

The chief producer of "Let's Dance Together" presents the award to the composer of the single, which is another highlight.

TBS TV has worked hard for the ratings.

There was a small TV in the lounge, and Miwa-chan turned it on early, and even though she was in the NHK lobby, she tuned to TBS early and announced, "From now on, I'm ready to watch Shinichi-kun appear on TV. heroic."

It is "heroic" instead of other words, I am really grateful.Unknowingly, Yan Qiao Shen's standard for Mihe sauce has been lowered and lowered.He laughed dryly, "Maybe I can play for 1 minute."

"Of course I know that."

Meihejiang plausibly said, "It is because the time of appearance is too short, so I have to adjust the channel in advance."

"..." Yanqiao Shinichi was speechless, but arrived late.

It was almost time, and the staff came to remind him that Yanqiao Shinichi stood up and was ready to go.Mihe-chan picked up the giraffe headgear on the dressing table and stuffed it into his arms.

"Thank you." Yanqiao Shen said insincerely.

Meihejiang said sincerely, "You don't have to be polite, I'm the best at this."

When he walked out of the lounge, he was still wearing a giraffe headgear, which is not disrespectful.In the long corridor, except for the staff who hurried past, there were almost no singers who appeared today.Even if occasionally a few lonely people rub shoulders, they just nod slightly to each other.

Until I got into the car, I changed the suit of the giraffe man and put on the suit for the awards.The car drove to the Budokan, Yanqiao Shinichi was idle and bored, turned on the small TV in the car, tuned to NHK, and waited to watch the red and white song concert.

This year's Red and White Song Concert, the host of the red group continued to be Mita Yoshiko, but the host of the white group was changed from Takeda Tetsuya to Nishida Toshiyuki.In contrast, Takeda Tetsuya's appearance is a bit serious, while Nishida Toshiyuki is very cute.After all, he is the person who once played the second brother in "Journey to the West".

DREAMS COME TRUE will continue to be played in the second half this year, so there is no need to worry about the loss of the conspicuous giraffe head in the red team at the opening appearance.

In the first half of this year, Johnny's SMAP was responsible for the opening.

A few flashy teenagers appeared on the stage bouncing up and down.

(End of this chapter)