Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 461

In the 60s, conflicts arose between Watanabe Productions and NTV. Watanabe Shin once threatened that artists under Watanabe Productions would no longer appear in NTV programs in the future.

At that time, Watanabe Productions was in full swing, and it was the number one force in the entertainment industry. This ruthless sentence was full of weight.

Of course, the ending is also known.Feng Shui takes turns, with "STAR!"Birth" was broadcast, and the "Watanabe siege network" in the entertainment industry was formed, and the hegemony of Watanabe Productions began to disintegrate.

No one in the industry knows this old almanac.Shinichi Iwahashi suddenly brought up this matter again, Manyumi Watanabe was a little puzzled, since he was the manager of the interim production, this kind of thing was naturally very clear.

After reacting for a while, he still replied: "A few years ago, I had reconciled with NTV and continued to perform."

Of course, by the time of reconciliation with NTV, Watanabe Productions has lost the confidence to speak harshly, and it is difficult to have close cooperation with NTV.

There was such a struggle on the one hand, and the most important thing was that Watanabe Productions did not have the good cards it used to have.

"I remember that there was a banning order against the Kitten Club on TBS before." Shinichi Iwahashi's topic jumped to this again.

"There is such a thing." Watanabe Mayumi nodded, knowing it too.

In 1986, when Kitten Club became popular, it set a record of 52 weeks out of 38 weeks in a year. The No. [-] single on the Oricon Chart was the terrifying achievement of Kitten Club and its derivative groups.

However, on the one hand, it is dominating the Oricon chart, and on the other hand, it is suffering repeatedly from TBS TV's trump card "THE BEST TEN".

According to the ranking calculation method of "THE BEST TEN", physical sales accounted for only 60.00% of the points. Although Kitten Club's sales were strong, it did not perform well in the other 40.00% of radio on-demand and fan submissions.

Although the Kitten Club won a lot of first place in the public trust list, the sales trend of the whole combination and the sub-teams was surprisingly consistent. The sales volume exploded in the week of release, and began to dive in a row in the second week.

This kind of sales trend reflects obvious problems, which means that the group relies on diehard fans to support sales, and has little popularity.Fans will frantically move boxes or even buy multiple copies in the week of release, but passers-by have no interest in their records and will not spend money for them, so after the fans are exhausted, the popularity will dissipate .

Die-hard fans can send their idols to the top of the Oricon Rankings in the first week, but they can’t keep their idols at the top of the list. The popularity of passers-by is not enough, and the data in terms of radio on-demand and fan submissions will not look good.

A combination of several aspects, a strange scene appeared from time to time on "THE BEST TEN". Kitten Club and its derivative groups, although the first week of single release, although the Oricon chart ranked first, they could not get the "THE BEST TEN" First.

But by the second week, there was a wave of big diving directly, and there was no counterattack at all.

In "THE BEST TEN", the fundamental reason is that the popularity structure of the Kitten Club is not healthy enough. However, the Kitten Club thinks that this is a stumbling block of TBS TV station, and deliberately prevents the Kitten Club produced by Fuji TV from winning the first place. one.

When the matter developed to the end, Kitten Club was blacklisted by TBS TV station because of repeated refusal to appear in "THE BEST TEN", and disappeared from the TBS TV station program for a long time.

Although the entire ban period is actually only a few months, but in terms of the survival time of the kitten club, it is indeed a long period of time.It wasn't until Hehe Yuanzi, one of the core members of the group, made his own decision to appear in "THE BEST TEN", that the two parties announced their reconciliation.

The reconciliation this time was also quite dramatic. Hehe Yuanzi was determined to act, and Fuji TV tried every means to prevent her from performing. On the day of the live broadcast, Hehe Yuanzi was on the way to TBS TV station. Fuji TV even sent a car to ram Hehe Yuanzi’s car. A street racing show.

In the end, Sonoko Kawai managed to get rid of the siege and interception of Fuji TV, and came to the backstage of "THE BEST TEN" before the live broadcast started.So far, the war (farce) has finally come to an end.

"There is no permanent enemy."

Watanabe Manyumi knew it well, and told the reason why Iwahashi Shinichi suddenly mentioned Watanabe Production and the Kitten Club.

"Yes, there is no permanent enemy. It's the same between the firm and the TV station, and it's the same between the firm and the firm."

Shinichi Iwahashi said, "Go Hiromi and Johnny can also be on the same stage now. We and AMUSE are partners in the band Paradise, and rivals in the competition for the Red and White Song Festival. Wait until the next time, maybe there will be a new one. related."

"In the entertainment world, the identity of the 'enemy' is always changing, so, in fact, the identity of the enemy is not that important."

Today's friends are tomorrow's enemies, and today's enemies are tomorrow's friends. In such an ever-changing art world, it doesn't matter who the enemy is, because everyone is already an opponent and a potential partner.

"That's what I said." Wanyumi Watanabe didn't breathe a sigh of relief because of his words.

She knew in her heart that Yanqiao Shinichi felt that there was no permanent enemy, and when dealing with enemies in the entertainment world, defense would most likely be useless. Only soldiers came to cover them up, so he didn't care about the identity of the enemy.

"The identity of the enemy may not be desirable, but the purpose of the enemy is important."

Shinichi Iwahashi's optimism is justified, but Mayumi Watanabe's worries are not asking for trouble.In her opinion, the identity of the enemy and the target of the enemy determine how she will make adjustments next.

"You're right." Iwahashi Shinichi said, "However, if you want to know who the enemy is and who it's targeting... Is it the band of the band Heavenly Kingdom or 'us'? Time will tell. Let's see."

When he said "we", it meant that he understood her worries, and Mayumi Watanabe felt a little better.

"Anyway, let's put aside the matter of this hand first." Shinichi Iwahashi smiled at Mayumi Watanabe, "Next, let's deal with the matter of the red and white singing fair first."

Mayumi Watanabe cooperated, "Then I look forward to it."

"Don't just look forward to it, but be more realistic and ready." Yanqiao Shenyi noticed that she was unhappy about that secret enemy, deliberately joked with her, and made a gesture of raising his glass, "There is also wine for celebration. "

Wanyumi Watanabe smiled, "Okay, even the wide-mouthed wine glass is ready together. ... and the handshake too."

Yes, to hold this hand, you have to keep fighting spirit forever.

Iwahashi Shinichi thought about it, and looked at his watch, "I'm going to the recording studio to see ZARD, how about you going with me? I can just hear your opinion."

Throughout ZARD's debut preparation period, Wanyumi Watanabe rarely showed up.

This is not unusual, the band's manager is at Xingchen Office, and has nothing to do with U-MIZ. On the record company side, Shinichi Iwahashi is the chief producer, and she has no reason to always show up.

Even so, Iwahashi Shinichi still wanted to hear her opinion.

Wanyumi Watanabe confirmed the itinerary in her mind, "Okay. However, I am a layman in music production, so I can't say anything if I want to give advice."

"It's the greatest affirmation that a layman can say 'good-sounding'." Yanqiao Shinichi was not joking.Most of the audience of pop bands are laymen who can't express their opinions.

The distance from U-MIZ to the recording studio is not far, and the two of them didn't take a car, so they just walked there and chatted along the way.

Wanyumi Watanabe is more concerned about DREAMS COME TRUE's new album than ZARD in the recording studio ahead.

"This time I sang the winning song. In terms of song selection, I should try to be as catchy as possible." After the plan took shape, Yanqiao Shinichi slowly added details to it.

"Also be careful to avoid suspicion of death by curse." Wanyumi Watanabe continued.

"That's right..." She said this, and Yanqiao Shinichi remembered again, "The whole publicity plan is connected together. Now that the situation of the locust is not good, we have to set aside a plan to deal with the national funeral."

I don't know when the locusts will turn their heads. If the stage of spending money on advertisements coincides with the national funeral, if they are used again, the plan will be messed up again.

To catch up with such a time, there is no other way but to leave room for coping in advance.

"There is also ZARD's debut." Shinichi Iwahashi, "Previously "So Happy! So Happy! I Love It!" was selected as the commercial song, and the effect was quite good. This time, I also wanted to give priority to sending ZARD's debut song to the commercial. Business listen."

"However, the current situation has made me change my mind." He said, "Instead of sending it to advertisers, it is better to try sending it to the TV station production bureau."

"TV drama?" Wanyumi Watanabe understood immediately.

Shinichi Iwahashi told her, "Akimoto-sensei told me before that Fuji TV's Kameyama-san is now in charge of TV drama production, and after that, send ZARD's audition tape to him and ask him to listen to it."

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"Yumiko, this is the recording studio."

After greeting the staff, Sachiko Kamachi turned around and introduced this to Yumiko Kamachi who was greeting everyone behind her.

"I sang on the other side of the glass wall." Sachiko Puchi told her.

In the past few days, my younger sister Yumiko Kamachi came to Tokyo to play with her older sister.After obtaining the consent of the staff and teammates, Kamachi Sachiko brought her sister to the recording studio where she worked.

Listening to her introduction, Yumiko Puchi looked at everything in the recording studio with incredible eyes.Is this the recording studio?
My sister works in such a place... She thought to herself.

Ordinarily, it was impolite to suggest to my sister that I wanted to visit the recording studio where she worked, but with Yumiko Kawachi's character, it was quite determined to make such a request.

I want to see where my sister works, this stems from a genuine curiosity, and at the same time, there is also concern for my sister.

When her sister was a fan-collar worker in a real estate company, Kamachi Yumiko would not want to visit the real estate company.For ordinary people, the entertainment world, recording studios, singers, these things are very far away.

In particular, before signing a contract to become a singer, my sister also worked as a photo model.

Kabuchi Yumiko does not underestimate her sister's choice. On the contrary, a sister of the same mother, who knows her sister's personality clearly, also knows how much courage it takes for her sister to become a photo model.

When the elder sister came home that day and told her parents that she and her younger brother had signed a record company and would debut as the lead singer of the band, Kamachi Yumiko heard that her elder sister's long-standing wish had finally come true, and she almost cried for her elder sister.

Knowing how much courage her sister used to quit her job and become a photo model, Kawachi Yumiko is full of curiosity about the record company her sister signed to, her working environment, and all of these.

This kind of curiosity is not generated because the entertainment world is too far away from her, but a kind of concern for her own sister.

I want to know where and how she works, whether she is happy, and whether her dream is really about to come true... With such thoughts, Yumiko Kawachi is very self-willed and proposes to Sachiko Kamachi to visit.

Her older sister Sachiko Kamachi, who grew up under the same roof, could also guess what she was thinking.

Before the official debut, I brought my family into the recording studio to visit. I don't know if it will make the three teammates unhappy.However, when Yumiko Puchi proposed, Sachiko Puchi would not refuse.

It's not that I can't refuse Kawachi Yumiko, but through my sister's request, I think of my father and mother at home.

Kabochi Yumiko came to visit the recording studio, and she will definitely tell her parents and younger brother what she saw afterwards.Let the family know that she is indeed doing a dream job, and give mom and dad peace of mind...  

Thinking of this, Sachiko Puchi went to discuss with the staff and teammates, and wanted to bring her sister to visit the recording studio.

She was usually very restrained, not the kind of girl who wanted to tell the world about something, but she suddenly mentioned that she wanted to bring her sister to visit, which surprised the staff and teammates a little.

However, it was also because she was a restrained person that everyone was very tolerant of her occasional small request and expressed no objection.

"Puchi-san, it's time to get ready."

At this time, the sound engineer Uewei called Puchi Xingzi to start recording.It is polite to ask for the consent of teammates in advance. In fact, the only person recording in the recording studio today is Sachiko Kuchi.

At this moment, there were two Kamochi-san in the recording studio. When Kamiko opened his mouth, Kamaike Yumiko straightened up subconsciously, and looked at the sister who replied simply and neatly: "Yes, Kami-san", and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Kawachi Yumiko is an absolute layman, and she doesn't know how well-equipped the recording studio is. She just feels that the sofa she's sitting on is very comfortable, probably a high-end product.

Kuchi Sachiko communicated with Uedo, and then told her sister, "I'm going to start recording."

"Come on, sister." Puchi Yumiko cheered her up.

Kamaike Sachiko smiled at her sister.Kawachi Yumiko watched her sister walk into the recording room, and through the glass wall, she saw her confirming the score on the music stand and putting on the earphones.

Then, he gave a thumbs up gesture to Yumiko Kawachi who was on the other side of the wall.

Seeing her sister's cheerful expression, Yumiko Puchi also smiled.Then, right in front of her eyes, her sister walked to the glass wall and drew the curtains.

(End of this chapter)