Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 1213
In the world of men in black behind the scenes, looking inconspicuous is often an advantage.Mitomo Iijima, who has been in the industry for many years, has a deep understanding of this point.

Sometimes, when you are underestimated by the other side, the opportunity has quietly come to your side.

When he first entered the entertainment industry, Iijima Sanchi just wanted to have a job.After that, she entered Sakai Masatoshi's office, was valued by Sakai Masatoshi, and began to want to do some more meaningful work other than office girls.

Introduced to GENZO, he became Shinichi Iwahashi's driver. As he went to various occasions and listened to him chatting about the future of the industry, Santomo Iijima's ambitions expanded again, and he had more hopes for the future. idea.

In the past few years in GENZO, Santomo Iijima worked as a clerk and participated in the production team of a singer. Now because of TOKIO, he was sent to deal with TV stations. After trying various jobs, his thoughts about the future became more and more serious. firm.

Shinichi Iwahashi asked her to learn English, and revealed that he would send her abroad for exchanges in the future, and Santomo Iijima said nothing.She knew in her heart that only by being a hardcore Iwahashi faction and with the support of Iwahashi Shinichi, would she have the chance to display her abilities.

...Although, she actually doesn't have much interest in communicating with foreign entertainment circles.

When I was working as a driver for Iwahashi Shinichi, Iwahashi Shinichi once chatted with her that the new era has arrived, and the traditional idol model no longer exists. thing".

According to Iwahashi Shinichi, if idols are to be rejuvenated, the profession of idols must be redefined.

At that time, Yanqiao Shinichi said these things to himself, maybe they were just casual chatter.However, after that, Santomo Iijima took Shinichi Iwahashi's words to heart, and thought about what a "new idol" should look like.

The reason why I care so much about idols is that, firstly, Santomo Iijima’s girlhood was an era when idols flourished.Having seen the era when idols ruled the world, she has more complicated feelings about the ice age of idols.

In addition, the more important point is that his boss, Shinichi Iwahashi, has emerged in the industry because he successfully helped an idol who had never been popular to complete the transformation and became popular.

Now that the end of the idol era has become a consensus, when music magazines write about the past era and take stock of the various events that brought the idol era to an end step by step, "Shinichi Iwahashi planned the transformation of idol Matsumoto Akiko into a variety show, which led to a wave of idols turning into The trend of the artist track", this incident was also written into it.

Orthodox idols have gradually reached the point where it is impossible to make a name in the industry if they do not change their strategies. However, due to the popularity of the Kitten Club, a large number of unqualified and inferior idols flooded in, and the idol's reputation was once again greatly reduced. It's an old-fashioned thing, and it's even a little embarrassing for a young child to say that he wants to be an idol.

Afterwards, the wave of bands came, new fads became popular, and idols became obsolete.

Speaking of which, the popularity of this band is also due to Shinichi Iwahashi.Today, looking back at the past, there is a feeling that Shinichi Iwahashi broke the old fashion and brought a new fashion.The external evaluation of Shinichi Iwahashi made Iijima Santomo clearly understand what kind of hero he was serving.

However, for Santomo Iijima, what is more important is that she saw the sentence "letting idols do things that idols can't do" mentioned by Shinichi Iwahashi helping Akiko Matsumoto transform. shadow.

If planning Akiko Matsumoto's transformation reveals Shinichi Iwahashi's thoughts on the future of idols...

Santomo Iijima thought that he might also have the opportunity to take his first step in making a name for himself in the industry through things that have declined.

As she noticed earlier, the group called SMAP passed a shadow in her heart.

During this period of time, Sanchi Iijima was sent to deal with Johnny and the TV station. He was busy with TOKIO, and he also learned more about the cooperation between the company and Johnny, and had more in-depth thinking.

Looking at Shinichi Iwahashi's attitude towards this group, and Johnny's attitude towards GENZO, Santomo Iijima conjectures that perhaps the cooperation between Iwahashi-san and Genisan will not stop at TOKIO, and it is very likely that it will be a long-term Cooperation.

If Yanqiao-san really has a plan to start a long-term cooperation with Johnny, then maybe he can find some opportunities in the process of continuing to deal with Johnny as the representative of Yanqiao-san.

Iijima Mitomo respects and even admires Shinichi Iwahashi in his heart. He is full of curiosity and ambition for the road he has shown in front of him.

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To go back to the company, Iijima Mitomo and Iwahashi Shen were in the same car again.

Just finished the meeting of TOKIO's new program, a rare opportunity, Sanzhi Iijima didn't want to miss it, so he took the initiative to mention, "Jennis has a group called SMAP."

She paused for a moment, confirming the reaction of Shinichi Iwahashi.Yanqiao Shenyi didn't make a sound, and she continued to speak in peace, "Recently, I came to the TV station for the children of TOKIO, and met them a few times."

Shinichi Iwahashi gave a "hmm" and said, "Before SMAP debuted, Jenison invited me to their concert."

In the year when the group debuted, they also participated in the Red and White Song Concert.However, after the unsatisfactory sales of their debut single, not only did this group fail to rise up afterwards, but instead fell all the way, and before they became popular, they had already lost their sense of existence.

If it weren't for SMAP's failure, Kitakawa Hiroshi would not be so anxious about launching TOKIO.

Hearing the name of SMAP from Mitomo Iijima made Iwahashi Shinichi a little curious, and asked, "What's your impression of SMAP?"

Iijima Sanchi thought for a while, "They are very hardworking and polite children."

Yanqiao Shen smiled, "This kind of thing seems to be something that should be said to Jenisan."...It was basically a compliment like a social rhetoric.

Santomo Iijima lowered his head for this sentence to show his impoliteness, but he did not end the topic, but continued, "I heard that among the children who are currently selected for TOKIO, some of them have also participated in Passed SMAP. Although they are juniors, but in SMAP, the youngest child has just entered junior high school, and the oldest child has just grown up."

The members of SMAP and TOKIO are about the same age. Today, the plan for TOKIO is being carried out with great fanfare. However, SMAP, who was also carefully selected, will Johnny give up this combination just like this?It would be an extravagant waste to really give up SMAP just like that.

The smile on Yanqiao Shinichi's face faded, waiting to hear what Iijima Santomo really wanted to say.

(End of this chapter)