Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 605
Iwahashi Shinichi came to visit once, and Sakai Masatoshi happened to catch the young man and asked him about everything.

However, he doesn't mind being led by the nose by this veteran producer at all - or it should be said, this is the result of his acquiescence.

Within the scope of acquiescence, Sakai Masatoshi and Sakai Masatoshi discussed each other's behavioral styles while exchanging views on street hit enka singers and idols who are about to debut.

Now it belongs to the "exploration" link before talking about the topic.

Sakai Masatoshi is also interesting, he is not the kind of person who sits there serious and chats about the matter, but talks a little bit here and there, whatever comes to mind.

Iwahashi Shinichi knew the truth, so Anwen waited for Sakai Masatoshi to search for it.After taking the paper he handed over, many names were listed in a mess.

Du Harumi, Yoko Kishi, Aki Yatsushiro...the names of well-known female song and dance singers were written on the paper. In addition, there were some dignified and classic female names, such as Kiyoko and Masako. .

"They are all representative enka singers."

Yanqiao Shen's eyes fell on the name of "Yatsushiro Aki", and he mentioned casually, "Yatsushiro Aki-san is also quite good as a jazz singer."

"Yatsushiro-san is a master of pop music."

Masatoshi Sakai praised the hexagonal warrior Yatsushiro Aki in the enka world. Following Shinichi Iwahashi's words, he pointed at Sayuri Ishikawa, "Sayuri is still one of the three mothers of Horipro."

The three mothers of Horipro are Momoe Yamaguchi, Masako Mori, and Sayuri Ishikawa.

The three debuted as idols at the same time. Saiduri Ishikawa, who transitioned to singing in the middle, is now active, and the other two idols are married and retired.

Sakai Masatoshi is the producer of Momoe Yamaguchi, and is quite familiar with the other two mothers of Horipro.

"I met Masako-san a few times when I worked as an agent for Mori Shinichi-san." As for Momoe Yamaguchi, it was really rare to see her.Unless she becomes a teacher for her two sons, or becomes a bosom friend of Miura Tomokazu, it is estimated that she will not be able to enter her house.

Sakai Masatoshi said casually, "Masako-chan is still in contact with Baihui, and the two of them are similar people. I am not the same as Sayuri."

Momoe Yamaguchi and Masako Mori either yearn for or choose to get married and retire and return to their families.Sayuri Ishikawa is just the opposite. In order to avoid the road of retiring after marriage, she deliberately chose to marry her manager.

As a result, the relationship with her in-law's family was tense after she married. The husband who originally married only because he could continue to sing changed his mind to persuade her to go home to help her husband and raise her children.They lived apart for a while, and as soon as they entered Heisei this year, in February, Sayuri Ishikawa quickly cut through the mess and announced their divorce.

Not only divorced readily, but also generously ridiculed himself, saying that he was "the first celebrity to divorce in Heisei years". This kind of behavior is quite free and easy.

Moreover, such Sayuri Ishikawa is not only uneasy about being a housewife, but also takes advantage of the bubble era to invest in karaoke companies and make a lot of money.

Although he had never met her, but after hearing about her deeds, Yan Qiao Shenyi first had a clear-headed and calm impression of her.

"Sayuri's life experience is rich enough now. Enka is the music that brings joy to the bitterness. For an enka singer, rich experience is a good thing. Marriage and divorce can make her go to the next level."

Sakai Masatoshi said, "In the past, singers of ballads and enka had the experience of selling and singing in places such as bars and seeing the world, but today, the livelihood is forced to sell and sing, and then they are forced to go to the store to make music. In human form, it almost never happens again."

What Sakai Masatoshi said about Enka made Iwahashi Shinichi think about it.

Performing songs is bittersweet and sweet, so singers with rich life experiences sing with flavor.

On the contrary, it is the selection of idols. The basic requirement for idols is purity, so it is required that idols be a blank sheet of paper when they are discovered.A blank sheet of paper, and then adults decide what to scribble on it.

"I seem to have said before that I have never dealt with a singer like Fujimura."

Sakai Masatoshi mentioned Manami Murase again, "Can Iwahashi-kun see it? Fujimura has a seven-year-old daughter."

"what."

Yanqiao Shinichi really didn't see it.

Sakai Masatoshi looked at his astonished expression and was quite satisfied, "I was shocked when I found out. Fujimura is now 27 years old. Before his debut, he has been working as a folk singer in Akita Prefecture."

When Yanqiao Shenyi received this information, he was a little puzzled.

The Japanese have a strong geographical complex. In places other than Tokyo, local TV stations will select and cultivate their own stars, and the locals will support them with pride.

When a popular singer from Tokyo goes on an expedition to a certain place, it just happens to coincide with the performance of a popular local singer, and even the singer from Tokyo will be put aside to support the local singer with all his strength.

Many celebrities first became household names in the local area, and then went to Beijing to work hard with the support of the elders in their hometown.

Shinichi Iwahashi was wondering, although Akita is a well-known backcountry in Japan, but Manami Murase has been a folk singer there for so long, and now that she is in Beijing, she doesn't get the support of her hometown elders at all for her debut?

Sakai Masatoshi guessed what he was thinking, with a strange expression on his face, "Fujimura is somewhat famous in Akita, but it is a bit special."

special?

Sakai Masatoshi told him, “When she was in Akita, she married a local, gave birth to a daughter, and then got divorced. … Divorced single mothers are not surprising, but after the divorce, the man wanted to get back together with her, so he was If you refuse, you will kill yourself.”

"..."

At the age of 27, she already had a seven-year-old daughter, and her divorced ex-husband committed suicide after failing to get back together.She herself was somewhat of a celebrity in the area.

Yanqiao Shinichi could almost imagine how everyone would think of her and such a piece of news in the backcountry of Akita, where big news is rare.

No wonder Sakai Masatoshi said he had never dealt with such a singer.

He was speechless for a moment.While staying silent, subconsciously recalled the appearance of Manami Murase just seen in his mind.

Probably because of the associations he had after hearing this incident, he recalled Manami Murase, and felt a subtle calmness all over her.

"In a place like Tokyo, committing suicide for love is a trivial matter that will be swept into the trash can in three days. But in Akita, it is enough for Fujimura to bear the curious eyes from all directions."

Sakai Masatoshi said half jokingly, half seriously, "A man will not easily give up his life for a woman, so once he learns that she has such an experience, it seems that she and she become mysterious and full of magical charm. "

Yanqiao Shinichi did not answer, but he agreed in his heart.

While agreeing, he put together Masatoshi Sakai's words, the production credo of "Enka singers have richer and better life experiences", and Manami Murase's personal experience together, thinking about it.

For a moment of stupefaction, Sakai Masatoshi put aside the topic just now and talked about something else, "It's still about Fujimura. It just so happens that I also want to invite Iwahashi-kun to take a look."

Sakai Masatoshi pointed to the piece of paper covered with Enka singer's name, "It's about giving her a new stage name."

Iwahashi Shinichi looked at this pile of names, and then imagined Manami Murase's street sales and the situation of being sent to Sakai Masatoshi's place for re-production.

"Exactly." Sakai Masatoshi replied.

For an artist who has failed in their debut, it is a standard operation in the industry to change their stage name again.

For those who had accumulated a bit of fame before, it would be beneficial to keep their original stage name, but for a singer like Manami Murase, who has no such person, with the achievements of the past two years, there are disadvantages rather than advantages.

If you change your name and set off again, you can still pretend to be a newcomer.

"Enka singers choose their stage names, but there are a few fixed reference patterns."

For example, using the place name of my hometown as my surname, the "Yatsushiro" in Yashiro Aki is the Yatsushiro City in my hometown of Kumamoto Prefecture.

Manami Murase was born in Senbei County, Akita Prefecture. However, she has a strange reputation in her hometown, and it is not easy to use her stage name related to the place name of her hometown-mainly because it will not bring any benefits.

"In addition, there are also practices of following the well-known predecessors in the entertainment industry and naming them after them."

For example, take one character from each of the names of four well-known enka singers.In contrast, this approach is more feasible for Manami Murase.

"The stage name should be simple and easy to write, 'Murase Manami', maybe many people can't even pronounce this name when they see it."

Instead of asking Shinichi Iwahashi for advice, Sakai Masatoshi asked him to help him use the method of elimination to eliminate the unworkable names.

In front of him was a piece of paper filled with the names of enka singers, and the topic of conversation was the name of enka singers. Shinichi Iwahashi happened to be talking about the large-scale project he was planning.

"Project album?"

Sakai Masatoshi combined the names while responding to Iwahashi Shinichi's words.

Jumping from an enka singer to an idol, and then from an idol to an enka singer again, the two sides have almost ended the "testing" link.When Shin Iwahashi started to mention his business, Sakai Masatoshi also listened carefully.

"It just happens to be an interesting stage."

Shinichi Iwahashi said to him, "Enka has been squeezed out of the market by idols, but the idols themselves have also gone downhill, followed by the wave of bands."

"The wave of bands is led by Iwahashi-kun." Sakai Masatoshi smiled, and spelled out another name, "Tachibana Kaori..." He shook his head first, "Sony is now having a 'Koshika who debuted a little later than Fujimura' 'Woolen cloth."

Both Kaori and "Xiang" are pronounced "Kaori".

It's not impossible to collide with names, but you can collide with seniors decades ago, but you can't collide with younger generations.

"Although idols are weaker, they are still a strong force in the industry. Even if the market share of enka is squeezed out again, it is still the mainstream music form. Although the bands are aggressive, they cannot monopolize the country."

Yanqiao Shenyi pretended not to hear "Xiang Xixiang" and said it himself.

"That's right." Sakai Masatoshi nodded, "In the era of Warring States, it happens to be the time of great chaos." He even thought seriously about which forces he should correspond to.

As long as he can endure his erratic, out-of-the-ordinary style, then everything will be fine.

"At this stage, the alternation of generations has not stopped, but the old style still has a broad audience." Shinichi Iwahashi explained his thoughts, "So, I kind of came up with the idea of ​​wanting to string these three together."

He conveniently pulled out the tiger skin of Tsutsumi Jinghei as a banner, "There will be such an idea, the source of inspiration is when I visited Tsutsumi Jinghei-san in the past, Jinghei-san mentioned, 'All kinds of music forms are perfectly integrated. when'."

"Well."

Masatoshi Sakai was about to ask Shinichi Iwahashi about another name he had chosen.When the words came to his lips, he swallowed them when he heard them.

"So, is to make an album of 'perfect fusion'?" Sakai Masatoshi began to be interested in this project album.

"To be precise, it is to consider how to cooperate and how to arrange on the premise of assuming that a highly completed and holistic album is to be produced." Shinichi Iwahashi.

In order to make a large-scale multi-party cooperation project, we cannot rely on a single effort, but consider the overall situation first, and then build on this foundation.

Therefore, Iwahashi Shinichi simply prepared to make an album plan first.It's just that the song selection meeting, which should have been resolved internally, has been turned into an external negotiation.

If the integrity is not taken into account, this kind of battle and timeline will definitely be very long, and it is very easy to have problems in the middle, or simply lack stamina and end hastily.

Although it is necessary to try every means to connect people from all walks of life, it is definitely not about looking here and there, finding one and counting as one, but on the premise of having a goal, and then contacting the right person.

Because of this, the help of a producer like Sakai Masatoshi is needed.

"There are precedents for bands and idols collaborating, and I have seen idols collaborating with enka. ... However, I really can't imagine what the effect will be if they are strung together on a line."

Sakai Masatoshi mentioned it, "Iwahashi-kun, if there is any new trend in the future, can you tell me in detail?"

"Naturally." Yanqiao Shinichi agreed.

Masatoshi Sakai nodded, pointing to a name on the paper with the pen in his hand, "Keiko Fuji...Fujimura's name also has 'vine' in it."

Next, Shinichi Iwahashi accompanied Sakai Masatoshi to form the stage name, and spelled out several names such as "Masako Tachibana" and "Ayako Fuji".

While giving Manami Murase a new stage name, I was chatting about the planned album.

There are several stage names, just waiting to be brought to the meeting to make the final decision.On the other hand, the projected album became more and more speculative.

……

Keiko Fuji became popular in the 70s. She is a female singer famous for singing "Songs of Complaint".

Her song style is quite dark, and her personality is not cheerful. She married enka singer Kiyoshi Maekawa and then married music producer Terumi Utada, moved to the United States, and raised a daughter together.

Teru Utada's real name is a music producer, but he doesn't have any outstanding works. His greatest fame and achievement is that he married Keiko Teng, the queen of complaining songs.

After emigrating to the United States, this year, Utada returned to Tokyo temporarily with his wife and daughter.

(End of this chapter)