Flying over the bubble era

1347 Chapter 1348. Communication

In the final analysis, no matter how much TOKIO members like music, how enthusiastic they are about forming a band, and how many big musicians in the industry are willing to support and create momentum, this is just an idol band.

There is no need for Kitagawa to make a real band, and these teenagers, according to the standards of idols, can be regarded as smart and energetic, but they are definitely not musical geniuses who have chosen the wrong path.

Therefore, making TOKIO look like a serious band is actually a part of idol packaging.What Shinichi Iwahashi and Kitagawa conspired was how to make this packaging look more natural and not be seen by the audience.

Just because this is not a real band, there is no need to worry about the cooling down of the band era, making TOKIO miss the opportunity to take a step forward.Even, the timing that really belongs to this combination is just after the band era cooled down.

Kitagawa Soo carefully calculated and deliberately did not give accurate words for his debut, but he also required the group to reach the level of debut.Iwahashi Shinichi judged in his heart that next year, Kitagawa Kou will increase the exposure intensity of those teenagers and start to accumulate popularity.

In addition, Kitagawa Hiroshi's ambiguous attitude on TOKIO's debut made Iwahashi Shinichi think of another possibility, namely: Kitagawa Hiroshi is hesitating about the positioning of this combination.

It’s not about whether the group is an idol or a band, and what roles each member will play—such a positioning, but whether this group is going to be a vanguard or a reserve army—such a positioning.

Although this group, when selecting members, referred to the opinions of Iwahashi Shinichi.However, Kitagawa Hiroshi is the one who makes the decisions from start to finish.In other words, this combination is another combination with a sense of team that Kitakawa personally selected after SMAP.

The reason why the Heike faction is not worth mentioning is because of the group that debuted in a hurry, the members were temporarily put in a basket, lacking a sense of team.

If Kitagawa wants to pursue the marketing strategy of group debut, he must put "team sense" at the top of his consideration.

SMAP's debut failed, the idol era is at its lowest ebb, and Johnny has yet to explore the direction of the future. Under such circumstances, if TOKIO is allowed to debut, it is to let the group join the team of exploring the road.

Can Genes afford to let two highly anticipated teams enter this unknown and explore at the same time?

In other words, does Kitagawa Hiroshi plan to launch two combinations to explore the path at the same time?

When looking at Johnny's, you can't just look at a certain combination in front of you.This is especially true if you want to deal with Kitagawa Hiroshi for a long time.

After meeting Hiroshi Kitagawa, Shinichi Iwahashi guessed in his heart that SMAP, the group formed by Hiroshi Kitagawa, will enter the cruel testing ground next—or, at this moment.

Let them do the things that no Johnny's idol has ever done, the work that excludes the idol.At this time next year, whether TOKIO will debut or not will depend on what happens to SMAP at this time next year.

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Iwahashi paid considerable attention to the combination of SMAP, and believed that the future of this combination is related to the future of Johnny's.

The reason for making such a judgment is because this combination has the "combination temperament" that Kitagawa Hiroshi values, and it is a vanguard on the table.

Being pushed into the proving ground sounds like a victim of being abandoned, but for a firm that needs to change its sales strategy, the combination that is propelled into the proving ground is precisely the most valued combination.

The plan that Iwahashi Shinichi is making in his heart does not intend to let Wanyumi Watanabe know, so the topic only stops at Kitagawa Hiroshi and hopes that TOKIO can reach the debut level as soon as possible, and does not go further.

Or, for Johnny, the plan Yanqiao Shinichi had in his heart was absolutely not to be told to anyone, only something he had in mind.As long as you know it well, you can make adjustments anytime, anywhere.

However, if you really want to say it, there is only one person who is more or less aware of Iwahashi Shinichi's intentions.

The one who can think of Iijima Sanchi who put his eyes on SMAP.

Iijima Sanchi is now acting as the representative of Iwahashi Shinichi, and is fully responsible for communicating with Johnny.On NTV, Shinichi Iwahashi is nominally the consultant for TOKIO's program, but in fact, almost all of them are Mitomo Iijima who attends meetings on his behalf.

Keiko Fujishima, who works for NTV, also participated in that program as a staff member of NTV.

This trick also has its own benefits. After handling TOKIO's program, Keiko Fujishima's resume has an extra touch.Not only is it a testament to her talent, but also a testament to Keiko Fujishima's contribution to Johnny's.

In addition, there is another important consideration. Before TOKIO's debut, Keiko Fujishima participated in the program production of the group. This heir to the firm on the table will be able to justifiably say that TOKIO is the "Keiko family" in the future.

After the failure of the Heike faction, Keiko Fujishima turned to a low profile.

However, he no longer participates in the business of the firm, but can be associated with the combination of the firm as a TV station staff member.

After experiencing a failure and being beaten by her uncle, Fujishima Keiko's mentality has become much more at ease.Even so, the waywardness in her personality made her unable to change her temper when she acted according to her personal preferences.

The Heike faction failed in its debut, and Fujishima Keiko treated the group he led as if it never existed.With this personality, it seems that as long as the failure is forgotten, then the failure does not exist.

TOKIO is now highly expected, and the youngsters have good prospects. They are very likely to become another popular group launched by Johnnys, sweeping away the haze of two consecutive failures.Thinking of this, Fujishima Keiko worked hard, hoping to contribute to this group and let them soar into the sky after their debut.

As for the SMAP team, Marie Kitagawa and Keiko Fujishima, the mother and daughter, don't have a good impression of them.

Keiko Fujishima was a little better, she could look at the group with her eyes, and thought that the kid named Kimura among the members was handsome, and the kid named Nakai was smart and clever, and would be pleasing to others—that's all.

After all, this is a combination that will remind the mother and daughter of past failures and the beat of Hiroshi Kitagawa.Other than that, it was a failed combination.

It is precisely because of Keiko Fujishima's lack of affection for SMAP that in her eyes, the communication between Santomo Iijima and SMAP has become particularly conspicuous.

In fact, Santomo Iijima did not take the initiative to have any contact with the members of SMAP, but when they met on the TV station, he would greet each other with the members and exchange some polite words.

But in the eyes of Keiko Fujishima, Santomo Iijima, who is so kind to an unpopular group, is really hypocritical.

(End of this chapter)