Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 558
Monday, Osaka.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Akiyoshi Junko switched to Kansai TV on time to watch "Saury Feast" hosted by Akashi's saury.Last spring, after graduating from high school, she moved out of her home and began living alone.

A new life has begun, but even so, he brought the habit of watching "Saury Feast" every Monday night from the original big family to his bachelor apartment.

Akiyoshi Shunko's hometown is a big family of six people. In the evening, the whole family sits around a low table and watches TV.If you are watching other programs, you may still have differences on the matter of changing channels, but if you are watching "Saury Feast", then you can reach a consensus.

Akashi's saury is definitely a top star in the minds of Kansai people.

The guest of this episode is actress Tomoko Yamaguchi.

Since the second half of last year, Tomoko Yamaguchi has taken over the role in the morning TV series "Xiaojun's Support Song". The stage of the TV series is set in Kansai.

Morning TV dramas start broadcasting at [-] o'clock every morning, and the audience has always been housewives and elderly people-at this time, office workers have already left their homes.

Akiyoshi Shunko, who works in a dim sum factory, is no exception. She goes out early every day and never watches morning dramas.Therefore, Tomoko Yamaguchi's face is extremely unfamiliar, and the first impression is only "tall".

For her, a native of Kansai, the reason why she never stops watching "Saury Feast" is not to see the guests, but to watch Mingshi's saury.

No matter who comes, the rhythm of the show is firmly in his hands. Because of this, no matter who the guests are, as long as they like the hosting method of Akashi's saury, they can watch it with gusto.

She picked up the chopsticks and ate dinner while watching TV.

Living alone, there is a chattering comedian on TV who talks endlessly, for Akiyoshi Junko, it is like a kind of companionship and comfort.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Akiyoshi Junko switched the TV station back to Kansai TV from the daily broadcast.

Every Monday at nine o'clock in the evening, Kansai TV and Fuji TV will simultaneously broadcast the monthly drama, and the second episode will be broadcast tonight.

Last week, Akiyoshi Junko watched the first episode. Although popular male and female idols played the leading roles, the plot of the TV series did not attract her very much.

With a mentality to see how it will progress next, she decided to take another look...

After 15 minutes, she began to switch channels between the Mainichi Broadcasting and Kansai TV, somewhat bored.

This TV show really didn't suit her taste.

However, although the TV series is not to my liking, Akiyoshi Junko is not without gains.She likes the theme song of the TV series very much, a song called "まっすぐに..." (straight forward) sung by a band called ZARD.

Before, Miho Nakayama, the lead actor of the TV series, went to "Saury Feast" to promote, and gave this single as a gift to Akashi's saury.

It is not common to use "まっすぐに" as the title of the song, so Akiyoshi Junko was deeply impressed by the name of the song.

After watching the first episode of the Yuejiu drama, she was not satisfied with the plot of the drama, but liked the theme song very much.

Listening to the catchy and refreshing melody and the clear and crisp singing voice of the female lead singer, Akiyoshi Junko felt a comfortable feeling of a clear spring flowing through her heart.

In addition, what she likes the most is the lyrics of this song.

Akiyoshi Junko only went to high school, and she was not the kind of person who was outstanding in writing and good at expressing her inner thoughts when she was in school.However, although she looks a bit careless, she also has a delicate heart.

In her opinion, words that are too straightforward are too rough, and words that are too subtle seem awkward.

As with the novel, so with the lyrics.

But the lyrics of this song just touched Akiyoshi Junko's heart.

It is a bit colloquial, but the wording is quite subtle. Although it is subtle, it is not twitchy, and even has a sense of frankness.The content of the lyrics is full of a sense of life. The first time Akiyoshi Junko listened to it in a TV series, she felt like "these are lyrics written for ordinary people".

Although her life is simple, and the life attitude of urban men and women who play games in TV dramas is a bit far away from her, she has a subtle resonance from this theme song.

But this resonance does not come from the TV series, but from this song.

After watching the first episode, Akiyoshi Junko went to the record store when she was off work, found ZARD's single called "まっすぐに..." (straight forward) and bought it.

She had never heard the name of this band before, but unexpectedly, when she went to buy records, there were not only a few people who came for ZARD in the record store.

On the shelf where there are a bunch of unknown singers, ZARD is actually the most popular among these singers.

Did they also come to buy records after watching Yuejiu?Akiyoshi Junko thought to herself.

……

Akiyoshi Junko has a friend who grew up together, named Hitoko Fukada.

Unlike Junko Akiyoshi, who was neither stupid nor smart since she was a child, and was unremarkable in her class, Hitomi Fukada was lively and frivolous. Although she was not very beautiful, she knew how to dress well. She was quite popular among the boys in her class in high school.

After graduating from high school, Junko Akiyoshi went to work as a worker in a confectionery factory, and Hitoko Fukada, who wanted to be a beautician, went to a vocational school.

Although they have embarked on different paths in life, the two have not drifted away. They still see each other once or twice a week, have a meal, dance, and sometimes Hitoko Fukada spends the night in Akiyoshi Junko's apartment. .

This week was no exception. The two made an appointment to eat teppanyaki together after Akiyoshi Junko got off work.

Hitoko Fukada talked a lot, and every time they met, it was as if a basket of words had been prepared in advance, waiting to be poured out to Junko Akiyoshi.She is keen on chasing stars and has great supernatural powers. When she was in high school, she could go to Tokyo to watch the youth team's concert.

Also a loyal audience of "Saury Feast", Junko Akiyoshi knew nothing about Tomoko Yamaguchi, but Hitoko Fukada knew the plot of the TV series "Xiaochun's Support Song" starring Tomoko Yamaguchi very well, and told friends that there was a TV series called The cast of Toshiaki Karasawa looks pretty good.

To Akiyoshi Junko, Tomoko Yamaguchi is already very strange, not to mention Tomoaki Karasawa.

But she also listened with gusto, wherever Hitoko Fukada brought the topic, she could either pick it up or accept it.Judging from this way of getting along, the pair of friends like to watch "Saury Feast", and it is not unreasonable to like Akashi's saury.

"Xiaoqiu, have you watched the new episode of Yuejiu?" Fukada Hitoko asked.

"I read it a bit, but it's kind of boring." Akiyoshi Junko said honestly.

Hitoko Fukada didn't care, and said to herself, "I think it's pretty good-looking, and it's getting better."

Unlike Junko Akiyoshi, who is content to stay in Osaka, Hitoko Fukada has a deep yearning for Tokyo.

As the center of Kansai, Osaka is naturally prosperous.However, in the eyes of Hitoko Fukada, Osaka, which is full of city life, no matter how prosperous the place is, has a lingering rustic atmosphere.

Akiyoshi Junko has no doubt that her friend will go to Tokyo one day.

In the eyes of Hitoko Fukada, who has a dream about Tokyo, "Fall in Love with Your Eyes!" "This TV series is exactly the scene in her dream, and it satisfies her fantasy of "Tokyo". It is not surprising that she likes this TV series so much.

"Speaking of which," Hitoko Fukada talked about the TV series for a while, and suddenly mentioned: "The theme song of this TV series is great!"

Akiyoshi Junko continued casually: ""まっすぐに..."?"

"Xiaoqiu, you must also think this is a good song!" Fukada Hitoko laughed, this is how deep this pair of friends know each other.

Akiyoshi Junko admitted with a smile.

"When I watched the first episode, I just thought the song sounded pretty fun." Hitoko Fukada said, "However, after watching the second episode, when the final theme song played, I was actually a little moved."

"For example," Hitomi Fukada scratched his head, "the BGM that plays just right where it should be sensational. Of course, this song is not sensational at all, but it makes people feel a little bit full of energy. I want to 'keep moving forward' like the title of the song. go up."

Akiyoshi Junko smiled after listening to Fukada Hitoko's evaluation of the song, "I bought this single, Hitoko."

"Ah! So cunning!" Hitoko Fukada joked with her friend, "He has already acted in advance."

"But I don't regret buying it." Akiyoshi Junko said, "The lyrics are well written. Moreover, the lead singer on the cover looks unexpectedly beautiful."

Originally, based on her impression, she thought that the band would not have a too beautiful female lead singer.

"A real person is also a great beauty." Fukada Hitoko said.

Hearing Akiyoshi Junko's doubtful voice, she explained to her: "There is a male classmate in the junior college who said that he went to the band's performance in Osaka before."

"I heard from him that the lead singer Sang Zhenzhen is beautiful and has a good figure, and he is not inferior to actors. Although she is a beauty, she is not arrogant at all, and the impression is quite friendly."

Akiyoshi Junko was taken aback when he heard that, "Sang, the lead singer like this?"

"That's the lead singer-san." Fukada Hitoko gave an affirmative answer, "The male classmate went to buy the band's single after seeing the scene, and is still working hard to promote the band among friends."

"Hearing what he said made me want to go see the band's live show too." Hitoko Fukada, a star chaser, is not only interested in handsome guys, but also in all beautiful or handsome people.

"Before then," she began to think, "shall I also buy a single?" Looking at Shunzi Qiuji, she asked casually, "Xiaoqiu, lend me the band's single for a few days. ?”

"A few days is too long. However, if you go to my place tonight, you can listen to it all night." Akiyoshi Junko said, "After listening to it, if you still like it, how about buying a copy to support them? "

Since it is a newly debuted band, sales must be very important to them.Akiyoshi Junko thought, it would be nice to have one more person to support them.

Only then will they have a chance to send out the next one, and more and more.

It's hard to find a band you like.

"Okay! Then listen to it for one night."

Hitoko Fukada agreed, "Wait until tomorrow... I'll buy one too tomorrow." She said with a smile, "Even Xiaoqiu said that she won't regret buying it, which makes people feel at ease with them."

The pair of friends continued to chat about their next topic.

……

After the broadcast of the first episode on September [-], the sales volume of ZARD in the Tokyo circle increased significantly that week. Although it was not a sharp increase, it was solid and sold [-] copies.

Compared with the poor one thousand sheets at the beginning, it makes people feel at ease after reading it.

When the broadcast continues on September [-], the number will surely rise.

And when [-] copies were sold in the Tokyo area, the reported sales in Kansai were [-] copies, which is still far ahead. ZARD's one-step promotion in Kansai has planted more seeds there than in Kanto.

The seeds took root and germinated, and with the successive broadcasts of song playing programs and TV dramas, more and more attention was paid in Kansai.

That's fine.

Faced with the sales and attention in Kansai far surpassing that of Kanto, Iwahashi Shinichi followed suit, and according to the original plan, took ZARD's achievements in Kansai, and in turn talked about publicity in Kanto.

The topic is ready-made, "What is the magic of this band that is very popular in Kansai?"

ZARD sang the theme song for Yuejiu, and Shinichi Iwahashi seized this point and took the opportunity to get close to Fuji TV.

Although I have a little friendship with Kameyama Chihiro, but the different production departments in the TV station go their own way, this relationship does not need to be used. Iwahashi Shinichi took the band's report card and the topic of Kansai to talk to Fuji TV. Side negotiation.

On Fuji TV's side, the prime-time "Night Powerful Recording Studio" and the "THE TOP TEN" programs that require real gold and silver results, ZARD is naturally not qualified to appear on the stage.

After the negotiation, the first one that the band got was the chance to appear on MUSIC FAIR.

MUSIC FAIR is an old-fashioned music show that has been broadcast since the 60s. It is broadcast every Saturday at [-] o'clock in the evening. Compared with the golden sound show, the overall setting is much simpler and the entertainment is not strong. It mainly focuses on singing .

It is also because it mainly focuses on singing, so this audio show also tests the singing skills of the band.

However, there is an advantage that this show is recorded and broadcast, so it is easier for a novice like Sachiko Kamachi who lacks on-site experience to enter the state.

While he was negotiating the opportunity to appear on the band for ZARD, the band started their tour in the Tokyo circle.

In this tour, there will be a total of 28 performances, not many performances, but for the new lead singer Kamachi Sachiko, the challenge is not small.

At this stage, firstly, she lacks experience, secondly, her level has not stabilized, and secondly, she is still in the period of exploring her personal style, so it is not suitable for arranging high-intensity and high-intensity performances all at once.

During the tour, the team responsible for them followed them all the way and recorded every performance.

Although Shinichi Iwahashi, the chief producer, made an appointment with Sachiko Kawachi to see her, but because he was very busy, it was really uncertain when he would be able to see her.

However, in his heart, he was full of confidence in Sachiko Puchi.

While Shinichi Iwahashi was worrying about looking for opportunities for ZARD, those music shows that ZARD can't afford at the moment, invited DREAMS COME TRUE to perform.

(End of this chapter)