Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 566
As soon as eleven o'clock arrived, as if the time had been pinpointed in advance, the store door opened, and four or five young people poured in.

The store is not big, so many people came in at once, and there was a lot of movement.When Yan Qiao Shen subconsciously looked over, the group of youths who came also spotted him, walked towards this side, and surrounded him all at once.

Seeing this posture, the boss at the bar put down the towel in his hand, and made a preparation to step out to stop it at any time. The young waitress was in a dilemma, hesitating on the spot.result--

"I kept you waiting for a long time." The leading young man bowed and greeted politely.

The boss picked up the towel again, and the waitress was relieved, smiling again.

"It's ok."

Yanqiao Shinichi pointed to the cup in front of him, "I just came here."

The coffee in the cup was only about a third full.The young man in the lead lowered his eyes and took a look, the expression on his face eased.

It is these young people who are appointed to meet here.

The heavy makeup on his face was removed, and the clothes were changed back to the style of ordinary college students. Looking at it this way, these young people are ordinary. Walking on the streets of Osaka, you can find a bunch of similar ones at random.

These young people are the band called "Sheran Q" that Watanabe Wanyumi saw in Osaka Castle Park last time.

"My name is Mitsuo Terada, and I am the lead singer in the band." The leading young man introduced himself first.

He started, and the other four young people also introduced in turn, this is Hatakeyama, and that is Matsui.This one's surname is Horiuchi, and the last one's surname is Eizuka... This surname is quite unusual.

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They agreed to meet at noon, and Yanqiao Shinichi invited these young people to dinner.

The location was chosen by them. Yanqiao Shen is very unfamiliar with Osaka, so he listened to their arrangements.

In Osaka Castle Park, after giving out the business card, the band did not contact Iwahashi Shinichi immediately, and it took about two weeks to call him.

The person in charge of contacting him was the young Terada Mitsuo who was the leader just now.

Obedient on the phone, the band seemed to be quite cautious. Although they received the business card from the person in charge of the record company, they were not overjoyed and eager to wait. Instead, they first asked about GENZO and Shinichi Iwahashi's history.

After inquiring, he still called. From this point of view, Iwahashi Shinichi passed the "initial test" of the band.

The two parties ate and chatted.

After learning more about it, Iwahashi Shinichi learned that the five members of this band are all students of Kinki University.

Originally, these five people belonged to three different bands. Later, because they were about to enter their final school year, members of the three campus bands quit the bands to prepare for work. now this one.

And the somewhat inexplicable band name "Sheran Q" (シャran Q) was made up of the initials of the original three bands—Shutters, Ran, and QP.

Strange is a bit strange, but the meaning is still there.

"So, how many of you plan to target professional musicians?" Yanqiao Shinichi asked.

The person who answered was a young man surnamed Hatakeyama, who was a guitarist in the band, "For the time being, this is the plan. First, let's set a two-year deadline. If there is a chance to make a debut, then continue to do it, otherwise, I will go back to work as an office worker. "

The young man named Terada Mitsuo had been in charge of communication before, but when it came to this issue, it was replaced by Hatakeyama.Yanqiao Shenyi couldn't help but glanced at Terada, and finally, from his face, he could see a hint of hesitation but stopped talking.

"So," Hatakeyama turned to the topic, "We want to know how Iwahashi-san thinks of us."

There was a hint of expectation in his tone and demeanor, "Honestly speaking, receiving a scout's business card during the Chengtian show, this kind of thing has always been heard from others as a legend, I didn't expect us to have such a thing one day."

"And," Mitsuo Terada, who was silent just now, spoke again, and these Kansai youths spoke with a strong Kansai accent, "Honestly speaking, isn't our performance at Chengtian like a joke? "

This is quite honest.

But on the other hand, he was also asking Shinichi Iwahashi, what aspect of such a joke-like performance could be taken by him, a professional producer, and he specially handed over his business card.

Although they called him and made an appointment for this meeting, the few of them were not overwhelmed, and they still knew how much they weighed.

"Indeed, the performance was not very good." Yanqiao Shinichi was not polite.

"At the current level, it is definitely not possible to sign a contract. To be honest, even if you perform in a live house, you will be booed." He said while looking at the reactions of these young people.

Being criticized face to face, these young people did not show any displeasure at all, and seemed to accept it completely.It's almost "alternative" to be so calm.

"However, there are also advantages." He summed up what Watanabe Wanyumi had said before, and conveyed it to them again, "First of all, he insists on originality, and second, he is very conscious of being a glam rock. Moreover, the lead singer Terada-kun has a very strong voice. resolution."

For record companies, "casting a wide net" is a must. Therefore, instead of waiting until a good new talent is discovered, they must act first whenever they see a possibility.

"There is 'possibility', which is very important for a novice who has not debuted." He said.

The five young men listened to his words seriously and exchanged glances with each other.This time, the young man surnamed Terada spoke again, "Then, what are your plans?"

"I'm here in Osaka, and I'm going to open a LIVEHOUSE. When the time comes, I'd like to invite you to perform as well." The answer given by Iwahashi Shinichi is a bit far from that of preparing to debut after receiving the scout's business card.

However, the few of them also know the level of the band, and they know that they are still far away from their debut.

Therefore, it is expected to get such an answer.However, after receiving such an answer, several people, especially Mitsuo Terada, still seemed hesitant to speak and wanted to say something.

As soon as Yanqiao Shen saw this, he stopped what he wanted to say, and asked: "Is there any problem? If you want to say something, just say it."

"There is something wrong with Terada-kun." It was Hatakeyama who spoke up. "Actually, Terada-kun has received an internal letter from the local credit bank, and is hesitating whether to take the job or give up the job first."

In this way, Iwahashi Shinichi changed his mind and understood why Mitsuo Terada, who was originally in charge of speaking, was dumbfounded when talking about the band's future plans.

However, after solving one doubt, he had a new doubt.

There are five members in a band, and four of them are about to give up their inauguration. Obviously, they have to work hard for two years.But the lead singer of the band is a "time bomb" who is not sure whether to become an office worker.

If you don't pay attention, the lead singer will run away, and the band will stop immediately.Iwahashi Shen has a particularly deep understanding of this matter after personally leading two lead singers of ABNORMAL who ran away one after another.

For a band, if the most important lead singer is between quitting and not quitting, this state is very dangerous.

Under such circumstances, the four of them are so big-hearted that they continue to form a team?

"Actually," Terada Mitsuo finally said this time, "No matter what you think of our band, Iwahashi-san, and what you plan to do..." He showed a somewhat embarrassed expression, "I have something to ask you."

"Let's listen to it." Yanqiao Shinichi said.

"It's like this. I personally hope that I can work with a few of them and make music full-time for two years before deciding whether to go to a formal job. However, my parents at home think that we will not be of much value and hope that I will go to work."

"So," Hatakeyama said again this time, "I would like to ask you to help me meet Terada-kun's parents, and help convince the two of them so that Terada-kun can suspend his appointment."

"The band ZARD is produced by you, right?" Mitsuo Terada said.

Yanqiao Shen nodded, "Yes."

"Recently in Osaka, ZARD has been highly discussed, because my parents also like ZARD..."

After careful calculation, the time when the band called Shinichi Iwahashi happened to be when the broadcast started on September [-]th and ZARD's promotion in Kansai was launched.

The reason why Sheran Q called him is probably because ZARD saw hope.To be honest, it can be said that ZARD urged Sheran Q to Shinichi Iwahashi.

In a sense, coming to see Sheran Q made Iwahashi Shinichi feel the enthusiasm of ZARD.

When these young people contacted Yanqiao Shinichi, they made their own plans.

If it is really signed by Yanqiao Shinichi, then he will have a formal identity and the matter will be resolved naturally.Even if not, using Iwahashi Shinichi's light to stabilize Terada Mitsuo's parents can be regarded as the best use of everything.

Even, the real purpose of these youths coming to see Iwahashi Shinichi was to make him a lobbyist.

No wonder no matter how Yanqiao Shinichi criticized them just now, these young people looked obedient.It turned out that he had already figured it out in his heart to use him.

In this kind of place, Iwahashi Shinichi learned how cunning the Osaka people are.

The more Terada Mitsuo said, the more embarrassed he became, "It's hard for you to make such a request... But, if I can get the affirmation of ZARD's producer, I think my parents will be able to let go of my employment."

Please, Yanqiao Shenyi's cunning little calculation made in advance, this is them.But it was also them who were ashamed and disturbed for making such a request.

But the tension between cunning and shame is their obsession with trying to do it as a band.

However, it doesn't matter if you have a dream or you are persistent.

Yanqiao Shenyi thought for a while, "First of all, I want to say that judging from your current standards, even if the band has been working full-time for two years, it may not make a debut at all, and in the end it will only end up disbanding."

"Yes." Terada Mitsuo lowered his head.

Maybe in the end, it's just wasting two years in vain, wasting the good opportunity to get a job now.

"If I can take you to debut immediately, I will say something else... In the current situation, it is too arrogant to just endorse the book for you in front of your parents."

Dreams and persistence are not based on hypocrisy.

The expression of the five youths facing each other changed a little from the expression that they were all fine just now.

Yanqiao Shinichi took it easy, "Now let me continue talking about the topic just now, is that okay?"

The young people didn't speak, so he took it as a default, "That's it, after the LIVEHOUSE in Osaka opens, I want to invite you to perform. The LIVEHOUSE will open one in Tokyo and one in Osaka. If you are interested in Tokyo, I hope to invite you to regularly exchange performances at the LIVEHOUSE in Tokyo and communicate with the musicians there."

Exchange performances.

After the opening of the LIVE HOUSE in the two places, in Iwahashi Shinichi's plan, there will be regular exchange performances, allowing musicians from Kanto and Kansai to perform on each other's sites.

On the one hand, Tokyo is the absolute center, and singers discovered in Osaka will definitely develop in Tokyo in the future.On the other hand, the Kansai market is not small, and he plans to grasp it from the very beginning and the most basic place.

"Besides, I also hope that you can bring new songs for me to listen to each time." Yanqiao Shinichi said, "If within these two years, I think I can make a debut, I will arrange you Official debut."

Of course, there is no reason to train newcomers in vain.If there is no contract, the midway band will be signed by other companies, and this kind of thing of making wedding dresses for others cannot be done.

However, for this two-year contract, Shinichi Iwahashi signed with them not in the name of the record company, but in the name of the production company.

After signing the contract, they became employees of the production company just like Seiichiro Kuribayashi.

Of course, the treatment is completely different from that of Kuribayashi Seiichiro.

There is a basic salary but very little, and the monthly salary in the first year is only 100 yen.The song production company has the right of first refusal. The basic salary for a performance at LIVEHOUSE is [-] yen for five people, but if there are more than [-] people in the audience on that day, they will participate in the box office share.

However, the production company is not an empty-handed wolf, and will provide them with some convenience and arrange some relevant training for them.This group of amateur players needs to be beaten in all aspects.

During the contract period, if the debut standard mentioned by Shinichi Iwahashi is met, I will sign a new record contract with them.

In this way, first hold the band in your hand.Instead of signing a record contract, he signed a contract with the production company. On the one hand, it is convenient for follow-up operations. On the other hand, Shinichi Iwahashi also has selfish intentions, in order to increase the bargaining chip of the production company.

Plan ahead, not let the production company become a shell company, but try to make it as heavy as possible.

If the band cannot be supported, there will be no loss to the production company, but if it can really reach the level of debut, it will be another matter.

At least during this period, the copyrights of the songs written by the band and bought by the production company are all in the hands of Shinichi Iwahashi.

"In short, this is the condition I gave."

Iwahashi Shinichi didn't hold back, "It's okay not to reply now. However, if you are interested, you can contact me later, and then go to Tokyo to sign a contract. Of course, I will bear the transportation expenses."

"After signing the contract, compared to the ordinary band performing in Chengtian, it is considered a decent place to go, but I still have to work part-time or be supported by my family." Yanqiao Shenyi did not make circles, "Of course, compared to going to work as a credit bank The family is far away."

The last sentence was for Mitsuo Terada.

(End of this chapter)