Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 443 443. Making Movies
Hirakawa Tatsuya and the three of them had already accumulated a lot of songs when they were active in the underground music circle as ABNORMAL.

During the suspension of the band's activities and the reorganization into ZARD, it has not stopped creating during this period.

With so many song reserves, it is more than enough to make an official album.

The production team led by Shinichi Iwahashi will work with the band members to select songs suitable for inclusion in the same album from dozens of demos.

Afterwards, Sachiko Kamaike, who was assigned as a lyricist, was responsible for writing lyrics for the tune, while the band members had to arrange the tune.

Preparing the song is the first step, and there are still many problems to be solved before officially entering the recording studio.

Whether it's the recording studio work that started just after signing the contract, or the next camp in Karuizawa, it's all part of the preparation before the official start.

An important feature of this form of band is that they have the ability to create and produce independently.

Therefore, band members have more say in the style of the band than ordinary singers, and have greater autonomy in the production of songs. They can decide on the lyrics on the day they enter the recording studio, change the lyrics during the recording, and overturn the existing music. With a good composition, anything can happen.

A band that can operate healthily is a complete production team.With the ability to change, there is also the confidence to change.

Because of this characteristic of the band, orthodox bands put self-production first.

Although there is no hard and fast rule that a band should never sing songs and lyrics provided by others, many bands will cooperate with outsiders.

However, this freedom is conditional.It is based on the premise that the band itself has complete production capabilities and a fixed style.

If it is to rely on outside songwriters and arrangers, such a band will be regarded as a "performance band".

Of course, even if it is a "performing band", relying on external production in the early stage, if it can complete the transformation through learning in the later stage, it will also transform gorgeously.

I'm not afraid of a low starting point and poor ability when I debut, but I'm afraid of being content with the status quo all the time.

……

The recording equipment was sent to Mayumi Watanabe's villa in Karuizawa one after another, and everything was ready there, waiting for the band and staff to move in.

Hirakawa Tatsuya and the three musicians are very familiar with each other, but they are polite and unfamiliar with Kamachi Sachiko.

However, this kind of politeness and indifference stemmed from the strangers they had just met, and when they actually worked together, the three musicians in the band all had a good impression of the new lead singer.

From Akamatsu Haruko to Kawachi Sachiko, the band's two lead singers are all outstanding beauties.However, beauty is a bonus item in the band, not a decisive item. If you want to gain a firm foothold in the band and get the approval of your teammates, it depends on your strength and brains.

Sachiko Puchi is a serious and down-to-earth person with a good personality, not squeamish at all, and looks like an athlete.

Although she is an outstanding beauty, when discussing work with her, her down-to-earth stability makes people put her beauty on the back burner and focus on her thoughts and opinions.

Even though she is a layman, she still has a lot to learn. During meetings, she dares to put forward even unrealistic layman's opinions, and she will boldly ask about things she doesn't understand. Such a generous character cannot be underestimated. .

The three musicians in the band all had a deep feeling of "finding the right person" when faced with such a new lead singer.Once I recognize her in my heart, I am willing to work with her and work hard to improve the integrity and tacit understanding of the band.

And one of the great benefits of Sachiko Puchi's arrangement of writing lyrics is also reflected at this time.

For a complete song, lyrics, music and arrangement are indispensable.The composition and arrangement are handed over to the band, and the work of writing lyrics is handed over to Sachiko Kamachi. The lyrics must fit the music, and the words and music must be mutually recognized. Therefore, there must be enough communication between the four people.

The band can't do without anyone.As long as this matter is established, this complete production team can continue to operate in a healthy manner.

As long as "healthy operation" can be achieved, it is enough.

The relationship between the band members is like this, don't deliberately pursue some close friendship. Long live the friendship.

The kind of friend-style band that has been active together from the beginning and decided to form a team because of a good relationship, or he and Mei Hechan, a guardian with a ward-style band, said otherwise.

Most of the bands, among the members, as long as they can be colleagues with a decent relationship and can work together at work, it is already very good, and there is no need to make friends.It doesn't matter what happens outside of work.

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On Monday of the new week, the band members and staff set off together, and the group headed for Karuizawa.

Shinichi Iwahashi is busy with business here in Tokyo. Even though he is a producer, it is impossible to get along with the band in Karuizawa day and night.As the representative of the producer when he was not present, this time there were staff members from the production team following him.

This staff member will record the progress of the band's work and report to Iwahashi Shinichi.

Of course, it’s not just throwing the matter over to others. In a day or two, Iwahashi Shinichi will go to Karuizawa to check the progress, hold a meeting with the members to discuss, raise some opinions and pick out some problems. , lest they let themselves go.

It was also a new Monday, the band members and staff set off early in the morning, and Shinichi Iwahashi sat in the conference room of the record company to start the meeting at the beginning of the week.

After the record company was established and the band Tianguo entered the stage of smooth operation, Iwahashi Shinichi no longer attended the summary meeting on Monday, and only went to the subsequent discussion meeting.

After the meeting with the record company, Shin Iwahashi returned to the office, and the clerk informed him that Mayumi Watanabe had called.

Yanqiao Shen checked the time and called back.

After Mayumi Watanabe answered the phone, Shinichi Iwahashi said to her, "I just finished the meeting here."

Mayumi Watanabe on the other side of the phone replied similarly, "When I called you, I had just finished the meeting."

Getting such a reply made him laugh.

"What's the matter?" Iwahashi Shinichi asked her.

"I have something to discuss with you." Watanabe Wanyumi said, "It was originally a matter of the firm. Didn't an actor training class be established before? Izumi Inamura and Asami Mizuno received acting training as the first class of students. "

"Oh." Yanqiao Shenyi listened.

He has no position to ask about the affairs of the firm.However, since Watanabe Wanyumi took the initiative to tell him about the firm, after that, the topic will definitely turn to matters related to his interests.

This point is a tacit understanding accumulated through long-term cooperation.

"Asami Mizuno is currently working as a magazine model, and after that, she is going to take on a role in a TV series... Her development route has been planned, and she has an exclusive agent in charge." Wanyumi Watanabe followed suit.

"Then Izumi Inamura. Actors should hone their skills from small roles. This order is correct, but," she changed the subject, "I have taken a fancy to a novel, and I want to buy the right to adapt the film, and she will be in charge of it." heroine."

"What?" Shinichi Yanqiao was really surprised.

"Since we want to make a movie, the movie also has a theme song and a promotional song. Shinichi-kun always emphasized the role of 'propaganda' before. I thought that ZARD's song could be used as the movie's theme song."

Mayumi Watanabe talked about it, and the topic turned to the band again.

Although ZARD's manager is in the Star Office and not in U-MIZ, she is the largest shareholder of the record company. If the band can become popular, Watanabe Mayumi is also wishing for it.

Now, when planning to make a movie, I also think about how to use the resources first.

...the truth is right.

However, Shin Iwahashi's praise for Wanyumi Watanabe's filming for Izumi Inamura was more unexpected than anything else.In contrast, things like asking ZARD to sing the movie theme song she mentioned were put aside for now.

After a while, he finished digesting Mayumi Watanabe's thoughts, and then began to ask: "What novel is it?"

As a result, Wanyumi Watanabe made a fool of herself, "Do you have time later? It's a bit troublesome to talk on the phone. Let's meet and talk about it in detail, okay?"

Shinichi Iwahashi flipped through the itinerary, "I'll go to the office in Kawasaki later, I'm going to Shinano Town in the afternoon, and in the evening..." He paused, "It shouldn't be a novel that is inconvenient to chat while eating. ?”

Wanyumi Watanabe laughed when she heard this, "It's a very suitable novel for chatting while eating."

When she said that, Iwahashi Shinichi became a little curious.

The two agreed on a time and place to meet.Putting down the phone, Iwahashi Shinichi sat there, pondering for a while, wondering what kind of medicine Watanabe Mayumi was going to sell in the gourd.

Among other things, given the current state of the Japanese film market, making a movie is really a high-risk, low-reward business.On this point, Wanyumi Watanabe must be clearer than Shinichi Iwahashi.

Knowing this, but still doing it, Yanqiao Shenyi was puzzled.

……

Anyway, the answer will be revealed tonight.He couldn't think of a clue, so he simply didn't want to.Pack up, leave the record company, and go to Kawasaki's office to deal with the work there.

The office in Kawasaki will not be due until the end of the year, and the search for a new house has already begun, and it is Terabashi who entrusted Kanzaki Real Estate.During this period, Yanqiao Shinichi had to continue running at both ends, which was troublesome.

It's also interesting to say that I didn't think much of it when I chose Kawasaki as the company's address before, but once I have plans to change places, and then go from the city to the suburbs, I start to feel that it's hard work.

People are monsters.

When he got to Kawasaki, the clerk brought him the accumulated letters.Yanqiao Shinichi was inside, and saw a letter from Akina Nakamori.

If you check the postmark, there is no doubt that it was sent after the meeting that night.

Opening the letter, it contained the "tasting thought card" that came with the record when he sent it.

Seeing this piece of paper, Yanqiao Shinichi thought of the night when he sent her home, when she said she was going to answer the questionnaire seriously since she received it.

On the returned letter paper in her hand, she also confirmed that she was serious and filled it with her free handwriting.

Iwahashi Shinichi read her thoughts carefully. On the one hand, he felt the seriousness of her personality. On the other hand, from her thoughts, he also sincerely realized her unique vision in music as a singer.

In addition to the impressions of the children in the shopping street, the letter is still the same as before, with Nakamori Akina's random words, which match her free-wheeling handwriting.

She wrote that she had been chasing after the band Heaven, and then wrote from the band Heaven to the band that Shinichi Iwahashi was producing.

Yanqiao Shinichi looked at what she wrote about the band, and remembered that night, Nakamori Akina reached out to him and gave him a high five.

After Iwahashi Shinichi patted her palm, Nakamori Akina said good night to him without saying anything, then got out of the car and walked into the apartment.

……

There are various ways to celebrate, and high five is a way of celebration that only he and Akina Nakamori can understand.

Iwahashi Shinichi imagined that when she knew in the letter that he had opened a record company, she might be thinking about when she would meet and celebrate with him like this.

Imagine that because of Yukiko Okada, she unexpectedly met him that night and had dinner together again.From meeting to sending her home, I kept thinking about finding the right opportunity, but I dragged it until the moment I got off the car.

Taopustar waited for the moment with a thought of celebrating, and then stretched out his palm.

Shinichi Yanqiao felt that such Akina Nakamori was quite cute.

However, thinking of the way to celebrate, he suddenly remembered that it was also celebrating the establishment of the record company. The way to celebrate with Akina Nakamori was to high-five, and the way to celebrate with Mayumi Watanabe was to shake hands.

Akina Nakamori who stretched out her palm naughtily, Mayumi Watanabe who keeps restraint at all times.

In the evening, what kind of topics would Watanabe Wanyumi want to talk about, what kind of novels would she make, how would she plan to make them, and what would she do?Yanqiao Shinichi recalled the previous phone call again.

Once you hold that hand, you have to keep this pace with Wanyumi Watanabe.

Yanqiao Shinichi withdrew his thoughts, put aside these questions that could only be answered by Mayumi Watanabe, and refocused his attention on the letter paper.

At the end of the letter, Akina Nakamori wrote down the address of her apartment.

Yanqiao Shenyi took out the itinerary and copied the address into it.Afterwards, put Nakamori Akina's letter in the envelope and put it aside, and deal with the work at hand first.

When the backlog of work is dealt with, I can finally be free.

At this time, Yanqiao Shinichi took the letter again and read it again.Then, he found the letter paper, picked up the pen, and wrote a reply to Akina Nakamori.

After writing the letter, he compared the copied address and filled in a new mailing address on the envelope.

Just as I was about to fold the letter and put it in the envelope, I remembered that there was something I hadn't done yet.Picking up the pen again, he wrote the address of his apartment in the letter.

Then, put the letter in the envelope again.

……

On this day, Yanqiao Shinichi was very busy.In the evening, he finally got out of work, and he went to the restaurant he had appointed on time.

(End of this chapter)