Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 579 579. No burden
"Look over here and smile, don't be shy, Smile, Smile, Smile~"

"Shinichi-kun's singing talent has not improved at all until now." Meihechan commented unceremoniously to Yanqiao Shinichi.

"..." Yanqiao Shinichi was speechless.

The two are in the recording studio at the moment, sitting across the table facing each other, and Brother Nakamura sits next to him in the "referee's seat".If you consider that these two people are talking about frying soybeans, it can be said that they are sitting in the "audience seat".

However, even though he was watching the two of them bickering, Brother Nakamura didn't have nothing to do with it. He could tell that he wrote the melody of the lyrics that Shinichi Iwahashi sang just now, even though he had never heard the lyrics before.

Meihejiang choked him, but she was quite happy, leaned forward, and asked him with a smile: "Why did you suddenly think of singing?"

She smiled carefree.Sitting face to face with her, looking at such a smiling face, Yanqiao Shin thought, it would be a pity not to take pictures of this smiling face for camera commercials.

It's a pity that Fujifilm only wanted them to make commercial songs, and didn't plan to let the band do a whole commercial.

Making songs takes a lot of time and effort, unlike shooting commercials, where more money is less.How many actors and idols work hard to maintain their national image in order to be favored by advertisers.

Yanqiao Shinichi is still thinking about the matter of applying for the band's commercial with Watanabe Wanyumi...

He gave up bickering with Meihejiang, went straight to the point, and said to the two teammates, "The band's tour, the sponsor has settled."

"Fuji Film is interested in being the sponsor of the band, of course, there must be conditions..."

Shinichi Iwahashi first put aside the conditions that would only be implemented after the start of the cooperation, such as holding a reception performance for Fujifilm, "One of them, and the first one, is to make a commercial song for their popular product Quick Snap."

"Is that the disposable camera?" Mihe-chan was quite clear about this.

Look at Brother Nakamura, he also seems to understand.

Sure enough, only Yanqiao Shinichi hadn't seen the market of the era, and didn't know what Quick Snap was, so he had to buy one and come back to study it.

"That's it." Yanqiao Shinichi replied.

"Fuji Film's commercial song is required to be a relaxed, comfortable and foreign-style song." He continued to ask: "Do you still remember, a song written by Masato-san before, you filled in two lines of lyrics, which is what I sang just now— —”

He remembered Meihechan's comment that "the singing ability has not improved", so he didn't sing it again in order not to be hurt again.

Brother Nakamura got up from his seat, "I'm looking for a song demo."

"Um……"

Miwa-chan searched for that melody in her mind, while recalling it, she casually hummed the line that Shinichi Iwahashi sang just now.

Alas, as expected, she still sings beautifully.

To have such a good voice that God appreciates food, and the god of inspiration who will take care of her at every turn, let the mouse carry the gun.

How many people are still waiting to rely on her to eat...

Mihe-chan repeated it several times, finally remembered, and continued, "Use that smile that only I know, Eyes to me~"

"That's it." Yanqiao Shen nodded, "Isn't it suitable to be an advertisement for cameras?"

Mei Hechan muttered, "Looking at this and smiling, it's very similar to what you would say when taking pictures."

It's okay to complain about yourself.Yanqiao Shinichi listened beside him and couldn't help laughing.He smiled, and Mihe-chan stared at his face.The two stared at each other, and the air fell into silence for a while.

Until Brother Nakamura came over with the demo of the song he found, Shinichi Iwahashi prepared the playback device and inserted the tape into it.

A brisk, smooth, relaxed, and foreign-style melody sounded.

……

"Isn't this a good commercial for a camera?" Shin Iwahashi copied two copies of the song demo and gave it to Mayumi Watanabe to listen to.

After getting through with the representatives of Fujifilm, they returned to Tokyo. Wanyumi Watanabe was in charge of discussing the details of the cooperation with Fujifilm on behalf of U-MIZ, and Shinichi Iwahashi went to ventilate with his two teammates and prepare the song.

According to the meaning of Fujifilm, the cooperation officially started after the successful cooperation of this advertisement.

Therefore, both of them can be called responsible.

Although Watanabe Wanyumi didn't understand music and heard the melody without lyrics, she also felt that this was a light and hearty song, and the style of the song was not old at all.

"It's a good song." She thought for a while, "Listening to this song makes me want to go on a picnic."

Yanqiao Shenyi smiled, "A picnic? This season, where can I go if I have a picnic?"

In early February, it was not long before the beginning of spring.

"If you don't go too far," Watanabe Mayumi really thought about what he said, "Now Atami is almost the time to enjoy the early cherry blossoms."

Speaking of viewing early cherry blossoms, for a moment, she thought of taking Iwahashi Shinichi to Atami to attend a reception, and taking pictures with Kenichiro Nozaki of Kenyin under the cherry blossom trees.

But there is only that moment, like a dragonfly on the water, passing over the lake of memories.

"Appreciating the early cherry blossoms? It's not bad." Yanqiao nodded cautiously.

Watanabe Mayumi half-joked, "Could it be that you really plan to go to Atami for an outing?"

"It's okay." Shinichi Iwahashi really thought it was good, "Make a lunch in advance, have a picnic under the cherry tree, and then take a 'Smile~' photo. This kind of outing is also fine."

"That's the plan." Watanabe Mayumi laughed at him.

Iwahashi Shinichi didn't care, and even followed this line of thinking, "If I were to do the advertising plan for this camera, I would start from the earliest Okinawa and go all the way to the farthest Hokkaido according to the Sakura front line."

The territory of Japan is long and narrow. From the northernmost Hokkaido to the southernmost Okinawa, the months are the same, but the climate is very different. The earliest Okinawa can see early cherry blossoms in January, but the cherry blossoms in Hokkaido do not bloom until May.

The order in which the cherry blossoms bloom advances from the southernmost point all the way to the north, which is the so-called "cherry blossom front line".

In fact, it is a Japanese cherry blossom viewing guide.

Cherry blossom is the national flower of Japan. In order to serve the people who love cherry blossom viewing, Japan’s Meteorological Agency publishes a cherry blossom viewing guide every year, predicting the opening time of cherry blossoms in the north, for public reference, and for fanatic cherry blossom viewing.

And from south to north, there are their own cherry blossom viewing spots.

For example, Maizuru Park in Fukuoka Prefecture, Arashiyama in Kyoto Prefecture, Ueno Onshi Park in Tokyo, and the castle town of Kakunodate in Akita...etc.

According to his idea, it is to shoot advertisements in these cherry blossom viewing spots, and the "cherry blossom viewers" follow the cherry blossom frontlines, and take pictures every time they go to a cherry blossom viewing spot.

Of course, in every cherry blossom viewing spot, there must be a corresponding advertising plot, preferably in line with local customs.

He said casually, Watanabe Mayumi listened, and teased him: "If you really shoot according to what you said..."

"I saw the burning funds." Yanqiao Shinichi spoke out for her, "Right?"

Watanabe Manyumi smiled without answering.

……

Of course, Shinichi Iwahashi was not all talking about it. Wanyumi Watanabe said that she wanted to go on a picnic after listening to this song, which provided him with a little inspiration for Mihe-chan.

After finding out this song, Shinichi Iwahashi and Brother Nakamura felt that it was very suitable for the commercial song for the camera, and the two lyrics that Mihe-chan hummed on a whim earlier were even more ingenious in the commercial song.

So, Iwahashi Shinichi gave Miwa-chan homework and asked her to fill in the appropriate lyrics for the rest of the song.

In order to cheer up Yanqiao Shen, Meihechan hummed these two lines of lyrics casually. Unexpectedly, after a few months, these two lines of lyrics became handcuffs and fetters on her body.

For an inspired player like her, the more detailed the rules and regulations are set for her, the more difficult it is for her to start.After Shinichi Yanqiao finished assigning her homework, she fell into a rather confused state, not knowing how to write.

The two lines of lyrics that Meihejiang thought of on a whim were too ingenious, but it made it difficult for her to do it herself.

The deadline given by Fujifilm is February 26, a little more than half a month, which is ample.

In addition to this first choice, the band also prepared several alternatives.

Arimi Kazuo has already written stock songs, and also selected ones with a closer atmosphere from the albums in production.Iwahashi Shinichi also selected two other songs with a suitable style from Nakamura's inventory and gave them to Miwa-chan. If she was really uninspired, she would try to fill in the other two.

All in all, all eggs cannot be put in one basket.

Brother Nakamura was even eager to try it himself, planning to fill in an alternate version himself.

Yanqiao Shenyi suggested in his heart that he had better not do this.

But if he insists on writing, when Miwa-chan complains that "Masato-san's ability to write lyrics has not improved until now", Iwahashi Shinichi will watch the fun from the side.

In the same band, the friendship between the two Zeng Yi is so strong.

But no matter how many backup plans he prepared, the first plan in Yanqiao Shinichi's heart was "Look at this side and smile, don't be shy, Smile, Smile, Smile~".

The joy and fun of taking pictures are all in this sentence.

Even Brother Nakamura thinks so.

Having said that, if you want to make a song, you have to make a complete song. There is no reason to just write these two sentences.

In fact, the two main creators of the band are deeply influenced by Western music, and the songs they write are also very foreign, without any shadow of ballads. It is not a problem to come up with a song that is "relaxed and a little more foreign".

There is no standard answer to music. Fujifilm, as long as there is a piece of music that is "bright, foreign and catchy", the cooperation can continue this time.

Even if this first plan fails, cooperation can still continue.

Iwahashi Shinichi is so persistent, not because Fujifilm has given him a difficult task. Apart from this song, there is no second song that can do it, but because he has another thing in mind.

According to the plan, after winning the commercial song cooperation, this commercial song will be released as the band's new single, and it will be promoted during the broadcast period of the commercial.

This so-called "new single" is scheduled to be released in the plan, and the production has not yet started.However, it is crucial because it is both the lead single for the next album and the vote single and promotional single for this tour.

For this circus tour, the selection of songs has been decided by audience votes, and the voting coupons are included in this planned single.

To make the public want to buy this single, it is necessary to make a "worthy" single.

Fujifilm’s commercial song is an excellent promotional opportunity, but if you want to maximize the use of it, the best way is to make a song that goes well with the camera commercial, so that people can watch the commercial and praise the song at the same time the tune.

Shinichi Iwahashi did not initiate the idea of ​​giving gifts to records. As early as the 70s, for Japan, where the record industry is so developed, there may have been singers who bought records and gave them souvenirs even earlier.

If he didn't start the initiative, there would be no burden in carrying it out.

Of course, there is a limit to the bonus items, they are all dispensable gadgets for icing on the cake, so that people will not move boxes for the gifts, and no record company dares to do a project like collecting cards in crisp noodles.

As for things like tours, whether there is audience voting or not, the concert will still be open, so you can buy a single or not, and you can vote, and it doesn’t affect going to the show if you don’t vote.

It all depends on the public's own choice. There is no forced buying and selling, and there is no violation of the rules.

They can only do things that do not violate the rules.Otherwise, as soon as the record is released, the Music Association will cause trouble, and then they will be beaten until they can't stand up.

……

Pop music is made for ordinary people, so the opinions of ordinary listeners Mayumi are very important to Iwahashi Shinichi.

She listened to the song demo, and her impression of the melody was that she wanted to go on an outing after listening to it. For ordinary listeners, the melody of this song contained the physical and mental relaxation after leaving the steel and iron bones of the city.
So, I wanted to take Meihejiang to have a look.

After talking with Mayumi Watanabe here, turning his head, Shinichi Iwahashi went to discuss with Miwa-chan and Brother Nakamura, planning to go to Atami to enjoy the early cherry blossoms for an outing.

Bring a disposable camera to enjoy the flowers and take pictures.

Wanyumi Watanabe asked him to keep the bill at the office, but Shinichi Iwahashi refused, "This time it's a private outing."

He doesn't even use the word "relaxation".

The reason for this is that Miwa-chan is not sullen at all.

Although she couldn't write satisfactory lyrics, she wasn't upset at all, and the process of groping for inspiration didn't hinder her other creations at all.

Should the new album be produced or produced, and should the recording be carried out or not? She will still use the tape to sing the melody she suddenly thought of. Someone else wrote it.

Shinichi Iwahashi is too busy now, except when he is involved in the production of the album, he rarely goes to the recording studio, dictating her tape a cappella, and now almost all the work is in charge of by Nakamura.

Although there was no delay in other work, as soon as she was asked about the progress of writing lyrics for that song, she would show an expression as if she had eaten a sour plum.

avoid shame...

And useless in this matter.

(End of this chapter)