Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 401
"Have you received the videotape? Shinichi-kun." Wanyumi Watanabe answered the phone and asked.

"Got it..." Yanqiao Shinichi replied, and asked her, "Manyumi-san, I'll see you later, are you free?"

Watanabe Wanyumi guessed that she was going to talk about the new lead singer, looked at today's schedule, confirmed the current time, and readily agreed, "It's just right, we can have lunch together. How about talking while eating?"

"Well."

Yanqiao Shenyi replied, "It's good to chat while eating, but before that, I'll go to the office to find you, and I have something I want to show you first. Is that okay?"

"Listen and see" this statement.

Wanyumi Watanabe thought about it and agreed.

Putting down the phone, I felt a little curious, unable to guess what Yanqiao Shinichi was trying to trick.When he first called, he thought he was going to talk about the new lead singer, but if he asked her to watch the videotape of the audition again, the tone would be different.

On the contrary, there was a sense of wanting to show her something she had never seen before.

Before waiting for Shinichi Iwahashi to come over, Wanyumi Watanabe thought about it first, so as to prepare for what he had to say next.

……

It took quite a while to get here from Kawasaki's office, and it was almost eleven o'clock when Iwahashi Shinichi arrived.The clerk had already been ordered to see Mayumi Watanabe.

"How did you watch those tapes?"

The two each occupied a sofa in the small reception room.Mayumi Watanabe didn't ask him why he came, but asked her own question first.

"I just called you after watching the videotape." Yanqiao Shenyi lived up to her hard work in sending the videotape, and seriously expressed his opinions on the performance of these girls he circled.

"...In short, overall, Inamura Izumi is undoubtedly the one with the best performance." Iwahashi Shinichi gave a conclusion, but he hesitated to speak, as if considering a certain "but" next.

Wanyumi Watanabe also contributed a lot to the selection of the new lead singer, and even called an outsider to the selection meeting to select the candidate herself.And the next thing to say undoubtedly rejected the previous efforts, not only that, but also threw her a troublesome question.

Watanabe Wanyumi saw that he still had something to say, she neither exposed nor asked, and waited for him to bring up the topic.

Always say what needs to be said.

Yanqiao Shinichi took his office worker's handbag and took it out from the copied tapes, "Can I borrow your VCR, please?"

Seeing the tape in his hand, Wanyumi Watanabe knew that it had nothing to do with the tape of the audition, and asked, "Is this what you said you wanted to 'listen' to me?"

Yanqiao nodded cautiously, "Anyway, just listen to it."

The clerk came to deliver tea, and Mayumi Watanabe just ordered her to bring the VCR.

Shin Iwahashi stuffed the tapes in, played one tape, and changed another tape. Watanabe Mayumi listened to all three copies.It was a recording of a cappella, it sounded like it was recorded in a recording studio, Mayumi Watanabe listened carefully.

After finishing all three copies, Yanqiao Shinichi asked her, "How is it?"

Wanyumi Watanabe thought about it, and asked in turn, "Whose recording is this?"

"Didn't I tell you before that Chisong brought a pretty good girl here?" Yanqiao Shinichi said.

Wanyumi Watanabe thought for a while, and then seemed to confirm again, and reminded him tactfully: "I remember it's a model from Xingchen Office... right?"

Shinichi Iwahashi emphasized the singing level of Sachiko Kamachi, but Manyumi Watanabe directly mentioned her current belonging issue, and the two conveyed their thoughts to each other quietly.

"Yes, that's her." Yanqiao Shenyi said, "Puchi-san—her surname is Puchi, and her name is Xingzi. Puchi-san signed a three-year contract with Xingchen Office, but now the contract period has just passed three years. months."

"..."

Iwahashi Shinichi deliberately explained to her the contract situation of Kamaike Sachiko, undoubtedly expressing his attitude.Even though he knew she already had an office, he still didn't give up, and wanted to draw Sachiko Kuchi to this side.

However, if this is done, problems between firms will be involved, which is too complicated.

Mayumi Watanabe looked at him thoughtfully.After thinking about it, I raised my wrist to check the time, "It's already noon. I've made a reservation for the restaurant, shall we go together?"

"Okay, my stomach is growling just because I'm waiting for your words." Yanqiao Shinichi said, he didn't mind putting aside this topic for a while, leaving her room to think.

After all, he brought Wanyumi Watanabe a new option when she was ready to accept something.This leeway for thinking must be given to her.

It was this exaggeration that made Wanyumi Watanabe laugh.

The restaurant is near the office. At noon, the people who come to eat are the office workers nearby.Changing the place, the topic just now did not change, or in other words, it continued in a different place.

"Did you often see Ann Lewis when you were young?" said Iwahashi Shinichi.

Mayumi Watanabe nodded, "Ann Lewis-san was only [-] or [-] years old when she first came to Beijing, and she lived in my house until she moved out."

Artists in the past had a low status and low income. In addition, since they want to start performing arts activities, they have to come to Tokyo from all over the country. Needless to say, renting a house in Tokyo is expensive, and I am afraid that I will not even be able to earn rent for a month of hard work.

Especially for minors, if a person lives outside, the guardian is not at ease, so there is an industry tradition of the president acting as the guardian.On the one hand, the president acts as the parent, and on the other hand, it can save the rent money for the artist.

Germany, Deyun Club?

Of course, there is another reason.

If the artist lives in the president's house and is taken care of by the president, then he has to be loyal to him with all his strength to repay his kindness, just like an extreme person who drinks a cup of wine and recognizes the boss as "おやじ (father)", from then on Go through fire and water for him.

For example, when Okada Yukiko went to Beijing, she lived in the home of the president of SUNMUSIC and was taken care of by the president.

Because there are such rules, as long as it is not the kind of deceptive company that sells dog meat, there is no need to worry about or make up any strange plots in the book.The reason why this kind of rule can survive for so long is because it has not been broken.

There are many rules in the art world that were born out of the extreme way, and the rules of the extreme way are the "teacher-apprentice system" passed down from the craftsmen.

In the past, elementary school apprentices lived in the teacher's father's house, serving tea and water for the master, and the master taught the young apprentice skills. If someone bullied the master, the young apprentice would rush to the front. live.

The ancestors of Japan's modern yakuza are those master-student families who fought because of robbing work.

Dumping the master and running away is called deceiving the master and destroying the ancestors.If you switch to Jidao, you will be hunted down, and if you switch to the entertainment world, you will be banned.

Of course, it is an old-fashioned rule after all, and now there are fewer and fewer such "family workshop" companies.

"When Ann Lewis-san got married, I attended the wedding on behalf of my father. I remember that at the wedding, Maria-san Takeuchi sang the song "リンダ" (Linda) herself."

Ann Lewis' full name is "Ann Linda Lewis". When she and Masahiro Kuwana were about to get married, Maria Takeuchi wrote a sweet song "Linda" for her to congratulate her on their marriage.

Although Ann Lewis and Masahiro Kuwana later divorced, the song remained as a classic.

"I like the song "リンダ" very much. I was only then, but I thought, if only I could have such a unique wedding song when I got married." Watanabe Mayumi talked about the past, showing a nostalgic smile.

"That is to say, whoever falls in love is that Linda." Shinichi Iwahashi said, "If you think about it this way, as long as the couple loves each other, even the wedding march used by everyone is unique."

"You really can talk." Wanyumi Watanabe teased him.

Iwahashi Shinichi just laughed.

Still, talking about Ann Lewis isn't just idle chatter.Using her as a starting point, Shinichi Iwahashi went on to say, "Ann Lewis was born as a child star and also worked as a photo idol. After going through many things, she became a singer. It was not all smooth sailing."

Wanyumi Watanabe understood as soon as she heard it, this was a signal to continue the topic.

Changing from the office to the restaurant, the place where the topic was changed was to leave room for thinking. Now, the timing is almost the same, and all the thoughts that need to be sorted out have been sorted out. After deliberating, she finally talked to him about Sachiko Kawachi directly. .

"I don't know much about music, and I can't tell you what is the advantage of that Kuchi-san's singing." Watanabe Mayumi said honestly, "As a layman, the most direct idea is 'it sounds good'."

"Yes, 'nice to hear'." Yanqiao Shen nodded, showing her appreciation, "This is very important."

"It's like this. We don't make music for insiders and people who understand music, but for ordinary people. Therefore, the first impression of sound is very important, and 'good-sounding' is the most important of."

"About this point, it's similar to the 'feeling comes first' you emphasized before the selection meeting." Yanqiao Shinichi said.

Watanabe Wanyumi could understand why he had to bring her the audition tape of Sachiko Kamachi after hearing what he said.In other words, it was because he watched the videotapes of the selected candidates that he realized the rarity of Sachiko Kuchi.

If there was no comparison, his determination would not be so strong.Even Mayumi Watanabe had to admit in her heart that Sachiko Kamachi was better than those selected at the selection meeting.

But even so...

"It doesn't work just by feeling." Wanyumi Watanabe said.

"U-MIZ has just been established, and it is necessary to use Watanabe's production to recruit people from other agencies, even if it is just a model who is not well-known. If you do such a thing, you will not be able to gain a foothold in the industry in the future. "

In the final analysis, this is not a question of the size of the coffee position of the person being poached at all, but a question of the fact that this matter itself cannot be done.

If it is a full-fledged large firm, there is still room for maneuver.However, a small firm that has just been established and has not yet gained a firm foothold, instead of trying to work hard for signers, first use the power of the family to reach out to other firms and poach artists from other firms.

This approach is not only unseemly, but also touches the minefield of the industry.

If you really do this, you will either be rejected and disgraced, or even if you get the person as you wish, you will be isolated in the industry because you don't understand the rules in the future-who wants to provoke such a person?
"And your GENZO," Watanabe Wanyumi said bluntly, "I have to gamble all my wealth to prepare my own works, but in the end I went to poach artists from other firms to come back as the lead singer. If the first step is to go like this, what will happen in the future It was blocked."

If a small production company like him with no roots or roots did this, he wouldn't even have the chance to be isolated by the industry.

As long as all parties have a little communication, he can just be the owner of a loss-making company that makes self-made records for underground musicians to sell live.

Mayumi Watanabe didn't understand. Such a simple truth should not be ignored with Shinichi Iwahashi's meticulousness.Besides, the more he admired Sachiko Kawachi, the more he should understand that poaching roles would destroy her talent.

Could it be that Yanqiao Shinichi has not been in the industry for a long time, and he still doesn't understand the unspoken rules of the industry and the forces among firms, so he made such a mistake.But Wanyumi Watanabe couldn't convince herself of this statement.

"Unless you wait for three years, wait until that Puchi-san's contract ends, and then discuss another contract with her." Mayumi Watanabe let go of her doubts about him, and gave her answer on this matter.

Even if Shinichi Iwahashi appreciates Sachiko Kamaike, she also thinks Sachiko Kamaike is talented, but U-MIZ will not extend her hand to other firms anyway.

"It will take three years." After hearing what she said, Yanqiao Shenyi smiled wryly.

In three years, who knows how many variables will happen.The entertainment world is also a place where every second counts. No one will wait for three years and wait until everything is ready before taking action.

"So," Watanabe Wanyumi calmed down, "Although Kamochi-san has talent, considering the reality, it's better to give up for now. Inamura Izumi should have been the No.1 choice in my heart, but after listening to Kamaike-san's singing..."

"Or, it's okay to hold a lead singer audition for ABNORMAL alone." Wanyumi Watanabe said.

Yanqiao Shinichi remained silent, as if thinking about something, Watanabe Mayumi also looked at him silently.

Finally, he said slowly, "Or..."

"What if we don't poach people from Star Office, but seek their support and cooperate with them?" Shinichi Iwahashi made a proposal that Watanabe Mayumi did not expect.

Her heart moved, and she instantly figured out why Yanqiao Shinichi suddenly became unsophisticated.It wasn't because he was confused, or because he was carried away by Sachiko Kawachi, but because he had other plans.

Yanqiao Shinichi himself had thought clearly about the poaching issues she mentioned.He wasn't waiting to be reminded by her because he was confused, but because she let her speak out about the impossibility of this approach.

Only in this way can he speak his true thoughts.

Wanting to understand this matter, Watanabe Wanyumi was speechless for a while.

However, although he was calculated by him, Wanyumi Watanabe thought of his well-intentioned and carefulness in his euphemism rather than feeling uncomfortable.

　Thank you to the leader of the book friend "Fat San 1976", regarding Jiageng... I will work hard! (Because I owe more and more cowardly)
　　
　
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