Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 684
"Don't forget at any time, Edison was a great man~"

"This is common sense that everyone knows~"

Cherry rested her chin on one hand, turned her head to look out the window, and hummed a song in a barbaric tune.Her workbench is by the window, and she can see a quiet residential street at a glance.

When I was studying, although I was not a mischievous problem student, I was not a good student in the teacher's mouth either.I will be distracted in class, let my imagination run wild, and think about what I have and what I don’t.

After graduating from high school and entering the job, I was also in a daze when I was an office worker. From time to time, I was scolded by the boss for being distracted and making mistakes.

Even now, as a professional cartoonist, after work, I still can't help but look up from the mountain of sketches, staring at the sparrows that occasionally land on the window sill and trample the window in a daze.Although the deadline is getting closer and closer, it is already on the verge of stepping on the line.

...Just like the "Chibi Maruko" in the pen.

When I was young, I dreamed of becoming a cartoonist. When I grew up, I created "Chibi Maruko-chan" based on myself.

After the manga started to be serialized, it was a great success, and it is about to be animated and put on TV.Manuscript fees, royalties, peripheral usage fees, money and fame are rolling in.Momoko, who is just 24 years old, has a smooth sailing life.

Although the work of a cartoonist is far beyond ordinary people's imagination.Especially for a newcomer cartoonist like her whose works are becoming popular, she has to live a life of hard work day and night and being urged by editors like her life.

Being a manga artist is a physical job—this is something Momoko only learned deeply after working in the profession.

This year, the editorial department told her that "Chibi Maruko" will be animated.The daughter of the owner of a vegetable shop in the countryside of Shizuoka has become a best-selling cartoonist. Her original comics will be broadcast on TV, and it will be on the same day as "Miss Conch"!
Momoko was excited by the news. If it wasn't for the fact that the news about the animation hadn't been officially announced, she would have been bluffing and telling all her relatives and friends about it.

However, the editor in charge of her also told her that when manga is animated, it is the animation production company that controls everything, and the original author has nothing to use.She can just wait for the official news, and then wait for the finished product.

But while waiting, a person named Nagato Taiyuki, the person in charge of a production company called BEING contacted her.

Momoko has never heard of BEING, let alone Nagato Taiyuki, but when they met and chatted later, they learned that this middle-aged man with a short stature and gentle appearance is a bit funny, and he is an amazing producer.

The year after her debut as a manga artist, she drove to Shonan with a colleague she met at work, and the producer of TUBE's song that her colleague let go on the way was this Nagato-san.

With the works she has heard of as a guarantee, Momoko has great trust in this Nagato-san.

Nagato Taiko claimed to be a loyal fan of her manga, and also brought a song produced by his production company, hoping that if the manga can be animated in the future, that song can be used.

Momoko, who has always kept the secret of the animation of the manga in her heart, was hit by the visit of Taiyuki Nagato.Not only that, but the song specially written for the manga is so nice.

The kind and intelligent Nagato Taiko left a good impression on Momoko.

After getting the song, Momoko went to contact Sato and told him that a person in charge of the production company came to recommend her——

Then, I learned that the soundtrack and theme song of the animation must be handed over to the brother record company of the Japanese animation company.

"A producer surnamed Iwahashi took over. Chisato Moritaka and WINK, you know?" Sato asked her on the phone.

Cherry Blossom nodded again and again, "I know, I know!"

Veteran star-chaser Momoko Momoko, liked Momoe Yamaguchi and Linda Yamamoto when she was a child, and was a loyal fan of Toshihiko Tahara when she was a teenager. Now, with a busy work schedule, she can still pay attention to popular idols.

"That Yanqiao-san is their producer, so please rest assured!" Sato said.

He moved Moritaka Chisato and WINK out just to dispel Momoko's idea of ​​recommending Nagato Taiyuki.Let her know that the production committee has found someone more powerful than Nagato-san for the animation.

Sato said beforehand that the manga author has no right to speak in the matter of animation. At the beginning, he didn't know that the animation company he cooperated with also had a record company cooperation, so he contacted Nagato Taiyuki without authorization.

Now, knowing the existence of GENZO Iwahashi-san, Momoko can only contact Nagato Taiko and tell him, "The theme song should be entrusted to a record company that has a regular cooperation with the animation production company to produce."

Nagato Taiko accepted the reality, but Momoko still had this thing in mind——

She wrote the lyrics for that song according to the simple lyric writing skills taught by Nagato Taiko.if it is possible……

Momoko herself, just like Maruko in her comics, has a hint of unrealistic naivety that she knows things are difficult to change, but still wants to try.

The news that the manga will be animated was announced recently, and at this time, Sato contacted her again.

It's not that there is any problem with the drawing, but that Yanqiao-san wants to meet her and listen to her, the original author of the manga.

To make a theme song, he had to meet with the original author of the manga. Sato felt that Shinichi Iwahashi was making a fuss out of a molehill.

But Momoko learned that Yanqiao-san wanted to hear her opinion face to face, and hadn't met her yet, so she had some expectations for this Yanqiao-san——

Could you show Iwahashi-san the song that Nagato Sauna gave her?
"That child, this child, come together~"

"Let's dance together~"

The sparrow landed on the window sill and stomped on the window.Momoko stared at the sparrow combing its feathers with its beak, and happily hummed that easy-to-understand and catchy tune that would never be forgotten after listening to it twice.

Then, when I look forward to meeting that Iwahashi-san, what should I say to him.

If only that was a good, reasonable man!
……

Nagato Taiyuki put in a lot of effort with Momoko for self-recommendation, but because of a "Iwahashi-san" who suddenly appeared, the previous efforts were useless——

But it doesn't have to be all in vain.

It is precisely because of Nagato Taiyuki's previous efforts that impressed Momoko that she was unwilling to give up even though Sato had clearly told her to hand over the theme song to GENZO.

Momoko also has a good impression of Nagato Taiyuki who is gentle and knowledgeable in front of her, and thinks he is a teacher-like person.Therefore, she is willing to work hard for Nagato-san, who likes her manga so much, and try to please Iwahashi Shinichi.

We must let Nagato-san's efforts pay off!

On the day of meeting Shinichi Iwahashi, before going out, Momoko cheered herself up in her heart.

The two of them, together with Sato as the middleman, met at a cafe near Momoko's house.

Taiko Nagato is over [-] years old, and Momoko uses him as a reference. I thought that Iwahashi-san, who can also be the head of a record company, is about the same age as Nagato-san, but after meeting, she realized that she was a person like herself. Young people who are not much different.

Can the head of a record company be this young?
When Momoko stared at Iwahashi Shin, she seemed to have forgotten that she, a best-selling manga artist who has gained both fame and fortune, is actually only 24 years old.

However, how can an artist who relies on inspiration be the same as the person in charge of the company?
Unlike the gentle and knowledgeable Nagato Taiyuki, who is like a teacher, the younger Iwahashi Shinichi, sitting there looks quite tall and straight.

But for Momoko, who has been mediocre since childhood, the young and promising Shinichi Iwahashi actually has a sense of distance.

Being the head of a record company at a young age, such a company operator makes an artist like Momoko a little daunting, wondering if he is a difficult person to get along with.

However, as soon as Yanqiao Shen opened his mouth, he resolved the worries in Cherry's heart.

"Ms. Sakura and I are from the same hometown."

After exchanging greetings, Iwahashi Shen said to Momoko.

Such an imposing young person in charge, I thought it would be difficult to get along with.As a result, as soon as she spoke, she was called "teacher".Cherry quickly lowered her head, drinking fruit juice to hide her embarrassment.

"My hometown is also in Shizuoka, so when I saw your comics, I feel very close. My mother is still a fan of your comics." said Iwahashi Shinichi.

The Japanese have a strong geographical complex, and the Japanese from all over the world have established one after another fellowship associations in Tokyo.Not only that, but when someone appears in his hometown, he will go all out to support him.

Iwahashi Shinichi revealed that he is from Shizuoka, and his age is similar to Momoko, which shortened the distance between the two of them.

They are both from Shizuoka, so they will definitely be easy to get along with.

Cherry had some nonsensical thoughts.And silently added in her heart, if this situation and scene were comics written by herself, she would probably follow this idea with a voice-over rant——

There are so many people from Shizuoka.

After Shinichi Iwahashi is no longer an unknown person in the record industry, he has rarely received surprises about his age.Today I came to see Yingyingzi, and after a long absence, I surprised her again.

Seeing the surprised look on her round face, Iwahashi Shinichi found it funny.

"As for the animation soundtrack and theme song, I'll leave it up to you."

Momoko spoke social words clumsily, trying to bring the topic to Nagato Taiyuki and BEING, but Sato was present, so she didn't know how to speak properly, which was a bit awkward.

When she was encouraging herself at home, she completely forgot that Sato would also be there.

She really is Chibi Maruko herself! ... Momoko thought in her heart.

In the end, unexpectedly, it was Shinichi Iwahashi who spoke first and brought up the matter, "I heard Sato-san mention it before. There is a music producer who is a loyal manga fan and recommended himself to Mr. Sakura."

Sato listened to him mentioning this, and couldn't help staring at him.

What's going on in this young producer's head?That day in Kobe, Sato, who was questioned by Iwahashi Shinichi for details, had questions in his mind at that time, and at this moment they revived again.

Isn't it a narrow-minded person to keep asking questions like this?

"Yes, it's a Nagato-san." Tao Yingzi breathed a sigh of relief, and wanted to praise this Yanqiao-san for her timely speech.With this introduction, I told Yanqiao Shinichi the ins and outs of the matter.

"I see." Iwahashi Shin nodded, and asked politely, "Can you let me listen to the song that Nagato-san gave to Teacher Sakura?"

He was serious and from the bottom of his heart, "Since that Nagato-san is a loyal fan of the comics and can do so much for the comics, if possible, I would also like to try to help Nagato-san."

"Really?" Momoko didn't expect him to be so easy to talk to.

Yanqiao Shen nodded, "I don't have that kind of opinion... If there is a suitable song, it is not impossible to cooperate with Nagato-san and use the song provided by him."

Sato understood what Shinichi Iwahashi was thinking, put aside all the messy thoughts just now, and learned more about this young producer——

It turns out that he is not only narrow-minded, but also a man with a broad mind who is willing to cooperate with the beauty of adults for a win-win situation.

"Actually, I even filled in the lyrics for that piece myself."

Yanqiao Shen let the words go, and Momoko was able to speak freely.Saying this sentence revealed that she was actually quite fond of the piece given by Nagato Taiko.

As soon as Yanqiao Shen heard it, he didn't point it out.

This cafe was not far from her rented apartment, so she simply suggested that Iwahashi Shinichi and Sato come to her place and listen to the song.

……

Temporarily bringing the two of them back, Momoko's apartment was not cleaned up at all.She asked Shinichi Iwahashi and Sato to wait outside for a while, rushed into the door and tidied up briefly, and then invited them in.

Seeing her like this, Iwahashi Shinichi believed that she was Chibi Maruko herself.

Momoko brought the song given by Nagato Taiyuki, and the lyrics that she filled out herself, which seemed to be scribbled. Iwahashi Shinichi pressed the play button, and while listening to the song, he compared the lyrics.

As soon as the melody sounded, Yanqiao Shenyi's heart skipped a beat.

This is the song!
He immediately breathed a sigh of relief and read the lyrics while listening to the music.Compared with the familiarity of the song, this is the first time he has seen the lyrics, although he doesn't know whether the lyrics that were finally decided are this one.

But after listening to the song and reading the lyrics, he felt that it was quite appropriate to use this lyrics.

However, if this song can really be used, Iwahashi Shinichi would also like to hear the opinion of Nagato-san.After all, it's his song.

"What do you think? Iwahashi-san." Momoko asked.

Yanqiao Shinichi smiled at her, "It's a very good song, and the lyrics you wrote are also very interesting. After watching the animation, the audience will be very happy to hear such an interesting song."

When he said that, Momoko was also happy.

"So, I have to ask you for something."

Iwahashi Shinichi turned to the topic and expressed his thoughts, "I would like to ask for your help and introduce me to meet that Nagato-san. I want to talk to Nagato-san about whether we can cooperate."

As for how to cooperate, Yanqiao Shenyi thought of two plans for now.

It depends on the attitude of that long household president towards this matter.

(End of this chapter)