Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 604
Shinichi Iwahashi and Masari Sakai exchanged greetings, followed by Santomo Iijima who came up together, and said hello to his former boss.

After a round of greetings, Sakai Masatoshi introduced him to the other two or three staff members present.When he heard that one of them was BURNING's manager, Shinichi Iwahashi's heart moved.

An agent is not a big figure worth paying attention to.

It's just that there was a little friction with BURUNING secretly before. Although the reconciliation was smooth, Wanyumi Watanabe handled the whole process, and Shinichi Iwahashi was not allowed to come to the table.However, Shinichi Iwahashi inevitably pays more attention to this well-known firm in the industry than before.

BURNING's manager was present, so...

Shinichi Iwahashi's eyes fell on the young woman who didn't look like a staff member, guessing that she was someone from BURNING.

The etiquette between the people in black came to an end, Sakai Masatoshi thought about it, and introduced to Iwahashi Shinichi, "This is enka singer Manami Murase."

Manami Murase, who was introduced, bowed to Shinichi Iwahashi.

Iwahashi Shinichi also greeted her, his gaze swept across her face politely.

she is pretty.

Manami Murase is wearing a western dress, and her style of dress is a bit like a pink-collar worker in the office.The shoulders are thin, and the suit is actually not very suitable for him.

However, although she was dressed as an ordinary office worker, when she saluted, she could still see a somewhat jerky appearance of a woman in a kimono.

This is probably because Yanqiao Shinichi came in just now, and the first time he saw her, he didn't think she was like a staff member.

Enka singers have to undergo a fairly comprehensive training before their debut. In addition to singing, there is also an important part of posture training, especially for female enka singers, they must be particularly strict in this regard.

"Fujimura... sorry," Sakai Masatoshi said, explaining casually, "Fujimura is her real name."

Yanqiao nodded in understanding.For him who has been an enka singer and has learned about enka actively and passively, these matters in the enka world are very clear.

Among enka singers, there are not many people who debut with their real names, or it should be said that in the entire entertainment industry, debuting with a stage name has been the mainstream for a long time, and it has not changed in recent years.

As for the reasons, there are many reasons that can be said. For example, from ancient times to modern times, the status of practitioners of popular arts is very low, so they need to be named after them.

Or it is a business that requires apprenticeship. After getting started, the master will give you a stage name, which is actually a ceremony to establish the relationship between master and apprentice.

For modern ordinary singers and actors, it may be that their real names are not loud enough, or that their stage names will not disturb their daily life...

Even in Japan, which is also keen on Fengshui, there are some bigwigs in the entertainment industry who think that it is easier to become popular with a good name.

Shinichi Iwahashi used to be Shinichi Mori, whose real name was Kazuhiro Mori.Instead, it was Fuyumi Sakamoto, the bag-carrying girl who used to be a driver with him. This name sounds like a stage name, but it is actually her real name.

"Fujimura is a disciple of Mr. Inomata Kosho."

Iwahashi Shinichi was thinking about Sakamoto Fuyumi when Sakai Masatoshi told him about it.

"what."

He nodded, "I see."

Manami Murase and Fuyumi Sakamoto are both disciples of Inomata Kosho, and both of them stood out in the same enka singer competition sponsored by NHK.

However, the bag-carrying girl Sakamoto Fuyumi is a direct internal disciple, and now Manami Murase is a named outer disciple.

He meets Manami Murase unexpectedly.After exchanging pleasantries, Sakai Masatoshi spoke a few more words with her firm's agent, and then the team got up to leave.

In the rehearsal room, only Shinichi Iwahashi, Mitomo Iijima, Masatoshi Sakai and Manami Murase are the managers of the record company.

"I just took over the production rights of Fujimura-san this year."

The four sat down on the sofa in the rehearsal room.Sakai Masatoshi brought up this matter in a casual manner.His attitude towards Iwahashi Shinichi was quite relaxed, and he chatted with him about music production naturally.

Treating him like this is actually because Sakai Masatoshi values ​​his status as a music producer more than he sees him as the head of a record company.

"A disciple of Inomata Kosho-san." Iwahashi Shinichi responded casually, "Even if he is a foreign disciple, he is not ordinary."

Sakai Masatoshi smiled, but did not say directly, "For Fujimura's debut single, Funamura Tesan was invited to compose the music, and Ishimoto Miyuki-san wrote the lyrics. However, Fujimura's office has contributed a lot to having such resources."

Before Zhou Fang Yuxiong made his fortune, he worked as a driver for Bei Dao group leader Bei Dao Saburo. He was also a person who had contact with many people in the singing industry and had a deep relationship with them.

Toru Funamura is Kitajima Saburo's teacher, and has a detached position in the industry.

Ishimoto Miyuki Iwahashi Shinichi met him a few times when he was a manager. As a lyricist, he is also at the top of the singing world.

These two people can be invited to produce the debut single, this lineup is very impressive.

However, Sakai Masatoshi specifically mentioned Manami Murase's office, implying that he told him that Inomata official seal had not done much to this foreign disciple, and he did not intend to do much.

"Teacher Inomata Kosho's favorite student is Sakamoto Fuyumi-san." Sakai Masatoshi said with a smile, "However, his vision is really accurate. Sakamoto-san is the most popular new enka artist at the moment."

Of course, the daughter and the girl cannot be generalized.

Iwahashi Shinichi listened, but didn't mention his acquaintance with Sakamoto Fuyumi.

"Fujimura and Sakamoto-san participated in the same show, and were spotted by the same teacher. Sakamoto-san debuted two months earlier than her." Sakai Masatoshi said, "However, Sakamoto-san is now a rookie in enka. There has been no response for years.”

Toru Funamura and Miyu Ishimoto were escorted, but there was no splash.

"There is no hope for a year or two, so we have to find another way." Sakai Masatoshi said bluntly.

Yanqiao Shinichi smiled, responding to his frankness, "So, even the production rights have been handed over to you."

"I was taken aback." Sakai Masatoshi's words sounded like a joke, but his expression was serious, "I've never dealt with such a singer before."

As far as he goes, Shinichi Iwahashi can't know how "different" Manami Murase is.

The two of them were talking about Manami Murase, and Manami Murase's manager at the record company was sitting with her.This is a man of about 30 years old, with a medium build and a thin build. During this period, he has remained silent.

"Speaking of which, the things on the table are still very clear." Sakai Masatoshi only said half of the words.

Yanqiao Shenyi understood, and took it over, "We need to consider the route."

"That's right." Sakai Masatoshi smiled.

Top songwriters, first-class firms, and record companies cannot become popular, so we can only consider whether there is a problem with the route and whether to make a transformation.

As soon as I came here, I didn't mention the business, so I chatted with Sakai Masatoshi about this street-going enka singer.

Iwahashi Shinichi has never heard of who Manami Murase is, let alone what works she has produced in the past two years as an enka singer.To be honest, he looks at the career of this enka singer the same way he looks at Akiko Matsumoto.

It's just that a singer who sings singing songs, even if he transforms, he can't turn people into comedians...

What's more, this village, Manami, doesn't seem to have anything to do with the word funny.

Although they just met by chance, Yanqiao Shen has a deep impression on her.There is no shortage of beauties in the entertainment industry, but there are not many beauties like her who are a bit smoky, thin, but subtly sensual in the Japanese entertainment industry.

After Manami Murase's manager stood up and said goodbye, Shinichi Iwahashi and Masato Sakai got down to business.

When I made an appointment to meet, I mentioned the purpose of this trip on the phone in advance.Now, before Iwahashi Shin could reach out his hand, Iijima Santomo just in time handed over the kraft paper bag containing the song sample that he brought.

"Anyway, please listen here." Yanqiao Shenyi handed it over.

Johnny's way of arranging the debut of idols is exactly the same as that of enka singers trying to find a way to hit the first shot when they debut.They are all trying to find ways to cooperate with big names and find first-class songwriters.

The creators of these demos brought by Shinichi Iwahashi have nothing to do with words like "big name", and they know in their hearts that they have no chance of being a debut single, so they selected songs with the goal of being included in the album. .

Selecting album songs is not the same thing as choosing a main single. Not a single good song that is really the main level can make it here.

Although he didn't have much interest in male idols, not only did he not have friendship with Johnny, but he even had a secret confrontation with him, but that didn't prevent him from seizing this opportunity to make money and make his songwriters famous.

That's what happens in the plastics industry.

Sakai Masatoshi accepted these demos, but he didn't listen to them on the spot.

The rehearsal room has dedicated projectors and record players—all from Sony.Although Sony's entertainment department and music department do their own thing, but in this kind of place, it is subtle to see the "family".

Just like when Warner was still "Warner Pioneer", "Pioneer" could be seen everywhere, and singers from Toshiba EMI often had the opportunity to cooperate with "Toshiba" products.

Sakai Masatoshi finds the video data of the Heike faction sent by Johnny.

"I want to show it to Iwahashi-kun, so you can take a look." Sakai Masatoshi said to him.

In the picture, four teenagers dressed in gaudy performance costumes that look like Johnny's produced, holding toy lightsabers, singing and dancing as if performing a stage play.

"..."

No matter how many times Shinichi Iwahashi watches Johnny's Idol, he will always think of words like "honey juice aesthetic".

The four boys sang the hit song "剣の舞" (Dance of the Sword) by their dance partner Hikari GENJI.This video is to let the producer know about them.

Although it was a group sent to Sony with the nature of debt repayment, according to the usual practice, only the music production and distribution rights belonged to Sony, and what the group did on the stage depended entirely on Johnny's magical aesthetic arrangements.

The demonic nature is demonic, but from top to bottom, Kitagawa Hiroshi can be said to have cultivated this "honey aesthetic" of Japanese people in the past ten or 20 years, allowing them to accept this style of painting unconsciously, And can only accept the style of male idols.

In this way, just like leeks, after one crop is cut, there will be another crop, and it will continue to grow.

It's nothing to be an idol, but it's terrible to be a fan.

"How do you feel?" Sakai Masatoshi asked.

Shinichi Yanqiao shook his head, "I have no idea about male idol production." After a pause, "However, since it's Johnny's idol, it's safer to sing idol songs."

Anyway, this combination comes with a basic disk. When it first debuted, the fans were enthusiastic, and the sales were not much worse.

"Not song making."

Sakai Masatoshi shook his head, "It's about seeing this team, what's your first impression of them?"

In the screen, the four teenagers finished singing and dancing, and finally put on a rather secondary appearance, playing a very similar appearance after completing the fighting movements.

Next, the scene changed, from the stage to a place like a dance classroom. Four teenagers stood in a row, all wearing plain tracksuits with "Johnnys" embroidered on them, introducing themselves one by one in front of the camera.

"I'm Jiro Matsuhara, the captain of the Heike faction..."

The teenager faced the camera, talking about his hobbies, favorite music and so on.

Sakai Masatoshi brought it up, and Iwahashi Shinichi became more serious.

It's not that he didn't see something, but since this is an artist from another company, he doesn't like to comment.Now, one must listen, he thought for a while, and said implicitly: "There is a sense of urgency."

"A sense of urgency."

Sakai Masatoshi repeated it with a more solemn expression.

Yanqiao Shen's words hit the nail on the head.

Sakai Masatoshi received this group, met with the four teenagers, watched the video tape of the performance, and listened to their audition chords. His first reaction was to feel Kitagawa's urgency to let them form a group.

This sense of urgency runs from top to bottom. Not only Kitagawa is eager to launch a new group, but the four teenagers also seem to be out of tune, without the sense of relaxation that should exist between groups.

Of course, Sakai Masatoshi knew the reason for such "urgency", so naturally he didn't mention it.

Yanqiao Shinichi contacted him a few days ago, and wanted to ask the songwriters under his banner to send music to Heike.Masatoshi Sakai is quite happy to meet new songwriters, and he also has Yoshida Masaki's face and appreciation and curiosity for this young producer, so he doesn't mind providing an opportunity.

However, giving opportunities to opportunities, Sakai Masatoshi is still curious about how this young producer thinks of Heike pie.

But now, Iwahashi Shinichi's words coincided with Sakai Masatoshi's thoughts.In his heart, he couldn't help admiring Yanqiao Shinichi's precise vision.

A combination without a sense of relaxation is a combination that is born with an aura of misfortune.

Sakai Masatoshi thought so in his heart, but he didn't care about the future of the Heike faction, and only planned to focus on the present. ——To be precise, the future of this group is never in the hands of the record company, but in the hands of Johnny and Keiko Fujishima.

And he asked Iwahashi Shinichi for his thoughts, and he didn't want to get any inspiration about the Heike school from him.

It is better to use the Heike faction to learn more about this young producer, and to evaluate his ability in planning and production by the way.

"correct."

Sakai Masatoshi finished talking about the Heike school, and went to get a piece of paper as if nothing had happened.

(End of this chapter)