Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 23 023. The Peak Collapse
"Then," Yoshida Miwa returned to the topic, "please start with the retirement of Yamaguchi Momoe-san."

"Okay." Iwahashi Shin nodded and asked her: "In short, Yamaguchi Baihui-san's career in the art world is perfect, right?"

"Of course." Yoshida Miwa nodded.

Yamaguchi Baihui's experience as an idol is a benchmark in the industry.As a high-quality idol since his debut, he has achieved great success in film and television dramas and music, not only in his own country, but also in China opposite, and he is also an idol in the hearts of a generation.

The career is impeccable, and the relationship is pure and fresh. He fell in love with Miura Yuka because of the play, and it has progressed smoothly since then, until he entered the marriage hall.

The choice of getting married and retiring completely pushed her to the altar.

Before the loss of popularity, I will put an end to my illustrious career, open a new chapter in my life, freeze my idol career at the best moment, and bring the public a fulfilling dream.

The background of the times, the policy of the office, the personalities of Baihui Yamaguchi and Yuka Miura, and the right time and place, have created the most successful female idol in history.

What is an idol?An artist whose selling point is his own charm.

However, with the retirement of Yamaguchi Baihui, the charm of the idol itself has reached its peak - the public's expectations for idols have also reached its peak.

The truth that the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment, is something Iwahashi Shin has understood since he was a child.

Obviously, the second Yamaguchi Baihui is impossible to appear. Since her retirement, the female idols who appeared under the banner of "Yamaguchi Baihui Second" have disappeared.Not only is her route difficult to replicate, but her life cannot be replicated either.

"...In this way, it will become another situation, that is, the gradual collapse and destruction of expectations." Iwahashi Shinichi said.

Yoshida Miwa listened with relish and nodded from time to time, "It makes sense to say that. Then, what about after that?"

"After that..."

Collapse is not only a process, but also requires long-term accumulation and a fuse that will eventually detonate.

"When Seiko-san and Xianghiro Mi-san were in love, there were times when they hoped to replicate the voice of 'Baihui Friends and Myth'."

However, Matsuda Seiko chose to break up when Xiang Hiromi asked her to resign and go home to be a housewife, and she quickly got out of her relationship and married Masaki Kanda in a flash marriage, which just went against the public's expectations.

"I really appreciate Seiko-san's approach," Yoshida Miwa said bluntly.

Iwahashi Shinichi also thinks Matsuda Seiko is amazing, he knows what he wants, he never compromises where he doesn't compromise, he is a person.

However, appreciation is for appreciation. As a TOP idol who is not inferior to Yamaguchi's peak period, what Seiko Matsuda does is indeed something that shatters the dreams of the public.

Although for now, she is happily married to Kanda Masaki, and the [-] million yen wedding is also very dreamy, but it is not "complete" in the end.She jumped out of the public's norms for idols, and virtually gave the public a sense of collapse.

Speaking of which, Iwahashi Shinichi himself felt that these ideas were unreasonable and extreme, but idols are such a profession, and what the public places on idols is completely different from that of other stars.

In the past, when there was no TV, stars were mysterious beings that transcended the real world, and they were real "people on the cloud". When TV appeared, stars became everyday things that you could see when you turned on the TV.

But this does not mean that the idea of ​​​​the past has disappeared, but a different way to exist, that is, the birth and prosperity of idols, a profession that transcends the real world in a sense.

However, idols are not only for people to look up to, but also to replace the public to live a dream life that they cannot live.Idols do not appear naturally, but are artificially created "commodities" after integrating the preferences of the public.

"Does Yoshida-san know about the 'Meow Meow Incident'?" Iwahashi Shinichi asked again.

Yoshida Miwa shook her head, "I don't know. What is that?"

"In 1983, Tomoko Takabe, a member of the female idol group わらべ, was published in a magazine with a photo of Kato smoking on the bed. She was only 16 years old at that time." Shinichi Iwahashi explained.

I didn't expect that he, a traveler who made up for it, could also inform the indigenous people about their big events.

"So hot?" Yoshida Miwa's reaction was a little excited, "Can idols do that kind of thing?"

"Because it can't be big news. Besides, it's illegal to smoke underage people. It's not enough for idols to be photographed." Iwahashi Shinichi said, "So, after the incident, Takabe was fired."

The original trio has also become a duo.

However, because idols have always been shining like characters in comics, the sudden exposure of such a scandal, the shock to the public, cannot be revealed by firing a Tomoko Takabe.

This Tomoko Takabe has given the public a possibility of bad imagination when imagining idols.

A pure and beautiful idol, who may be someone who smokes, drinks, swears, and is not worthy of worship in private.As long as someone starts to think about this possibility in their hearts, the profession of idols will cast a shadow and lose its brilliance.

Although it is inappropriate to put scandal and marriage together, the meow incident of Tomoko Takabe and the wedding of the century of Seiko Matsuda can be said to be the accumulation of the process of collapse, but it is not known when the accumulation will break out.

"Anyway, after talking so much, it's like 'sooner or later'?" Yoshida Miwa sarcastically sneered at him.

Iwahashi Shinyi smiled and said, "That's right, 'sooner or later'." After a pause, "So, let's wait and see what will happen when the popularity of idols fades. Maybe, we can find out from it. Our opportunity."

"I really don't know how long it will take." Yoshida Miwa thought he was joking.Putting down the magazine, he patted his knee, "Compared to those, it's more practical right now, let's sort out these audition tapes."

Indeed, the ebb and flow of idols and the rise of new trends are not as important as what is at hand.Iwahashi Shinichi also stretched his back, "Then hurry up and get them done."

The two of them forgot the small talk behind them, and like a crappy student writing exam papers, they wrote the rest of the letter of introduction stroke by stroke.By the time I put the letter of introduction and the audition tape into the file bag and sealed it, it was almost four o'clock before I knew it.

When you're done, Yoshida Mi and "Paki" lie on the low table, looking like their bodies are hollowed out.

Iwahashi Shinji went into the kitchen and opened the box of chocolate shortbread she brought today. There was no tea at home, so she took a can of oolong tea and put it on the table.

"It's hard work, please have afternoon tea."

Yoshida Miwa raised his eyes and glanced at the so-called afternoon tea, "This can't be called 'please me', can it?"

Obviously she brought it...

"Tea is for you." Iwahashi Shinichi said with a smile.

...you're a genius, Iwahashi-san.

Yoshida Miwa teased him with her eyes, picked up a chocolate shortbread that she had been thinking about since the morning, and put it in her mouth.

"good to eat!"

　Thank you nnpostcard, Wandering Missing, Maidfighter, Humble Ashi, Fengshui Tianya Mingyue Dao for the reward

　　
　
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