Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 687
Photo models are at the bottom of the industry, but fashion magazine models are another matter.

And the singer who is also singing, has high hopes from the company and debuts with the best resources, is far from being a small character who can only participate in the recording of a cover collection in the studio, not only can't show his face, and he doesn't even have a signature.

When Sachiko Puchi was selected by the record company and became the lead singer of the band, there was a lot of discussion between Star Agency and the models who signed her at the same time. Mentality, I feel that instead of being an uncomfortable lead singer, it is better to live a happy life like them.

Later, ZARD debuted, and the debut song was the theme song of Yuejiu TV series. After the band became famous, the young models unexpectedly stopped talking about the ex-colleague Sachiko Kachi.

That was neither rejection nor jealousy, but rather an attitude: Sachiko Puchi and them were no longer from the same world.The evidence is that although the young models are no longer willing to mention Sachiko Kawachi, they still sing "まっすぐに..." (straight forward) in karaoke as if nothing had happened.

A while ago, the young models discovered that they had seen a feature about Sachiko Kabochi in a women's fashion magazine.It's just that this time it's not the model Sachiko Kamachi, but the vocalist Sachiko Kamachi of ZARD.

Can the lead singer of the band continue to be a model?And she transformed from a photo model to a fashion magazine model.

This time, the little models were talking about Sachiko Kachiko again.

But discussion is discussion, in the final analysis, it is still a kind of mentality of watching the excitement.At that time, it was lively for a while, and then the matter was left behind.Among these small models, there are probably only two people who really pay attention to the movements about Sachiko Kamachi.

One is Natsuo Okamoto, a good friend of Sachiko Kamachi's modeling days.

As a photo model, Natsuo Okamoto has top-notch external conditions, and her photo cards are the highest-selling models in the same period.The popularity has increased, and the net worth of filming has also increased. Not only that, but he was also invited to participate in TV shows, which is booming.

If things go on like this, maybe we can climb up from the bottom of the photo model and rise a little bit.

Natsuo Okamoto is busy every day now, and he doesn't have much chance to meet with Sachiko Kawachi, and there are few interactions and contacts.As if naturally, the relationship is slowly weakening compared to before.

However, it's not that one party is deliberately alienating, just like the ice and snow will melt when the weather gets warmer.

But even so, Okamoto Natsuo will still pay special attention when he occasionally sees ZARD-related news and hears little models talking about Sachiko Kamachi, and will talk about it as a small talk when he talks to Sachiko Kamaike next time.

Another person who is so concerned about the movements of Sachiko Uchi is Utoku Keiko.

I participated in the same selection meeting as Sachiko Puchi, one was elected as the lead singer, and the other was called by the producer to be a recording singer for a cover collection after losing the selection.

At the selection meeting, the rock bridge producer asked her if she would do any singing-related work.After that, I asked her to record a cover album, and a few times later, I asked her to help me sing the harmony.

But that's about it.

Utoku Keiko didn't wait for her chance, and Iwahashi Shinichi didn't seem to intend to give her a chance.After the selection meeting, she continued to work as a model, and at the suggestion of her agency agent, she participated in a selection event for a karaoke promoter.

If you win the championship, you can get 100 million yen, and you can also shoot a karaoke version of the MV for a big-name singer.However, there is also a task, which is to travel all over the country to sell home karaoke machines.

Utoku Keiko went to the audition, and this time, she won the championship without any effort, won the title of "Karaoke Queen", and also filmed the MV for the singles of Misato Watanabe and Shizuka Kudo.

After that, it was a full schedule. Every Saturday and Sunday, I had to leave Tokyo and fly all over the country to sell new home karaoke machines on the streets and in public cultural centers and other places.

Busy and meaningless itinerary, mechanically introducing home karaoke machines and singing in front of the crowd.Such a life cannot stand thinking.Because she couldn't sleep because of the seat selection, Utoku Keiko couldn't help asking herself when staring at the ceiling of the hotel in the middle of the night.

What is the purpose of doing this now?

Occasionally, she would think of what the producer who had cast Sachiko Kawachi said to her.

Don't empty yourself out, don't give up your individuality.

Yude Jingzi is intentional or not, but always pays attention to ZARD-related trends, watching the band debut, watching the band sing the theme song of Yuejiu, and the sales of the new album released are good, the music magazine specially interviews them to write a special feature.

After that, Sachiko Kamachi washed off the heavy makeup of her modeling days, and appeared in a fashion magazine in a heroic manner.

In the same audition, the winner, Sachiko Kamochi, embarked on a broad road. The record company tried its best to promote it, and the office also cooperated with it to help her go wider and wider.

The loser, Yude Jingzi, kept repeating the mechanical work, and was always alert to himself not to give up.

However, when she is the same age as Sachiko Kabochi, when will the god of opportunity patronize her?
Ude Jingzi couldn't say that she wasn't jealous of Puchi Xingzi, but she felt as if she had been teased in some way.

Until this day, she finished the karaoke promotion work for the week and returned to Tokyo. Her agent told her that Iwahashi-san from GENZO called and asked if there was time to meet him.

After getting the karaoke queen and starting to work as a salesman, Keiko Utoku cut off contact with Shinichi Iwahashi because of her busy schedule.

I thought it was over here, but I didn't expect that after breaking off contact, he would take the initiative to find me again.

……

After ZARD's debut, he saw his results, and the relationship with Shinichi Iwahashi and Wanyumi Watanabe on the side of Star Agency has also reached an unprecedented level.

In this way, Yanqiao Shen has more confidence when he wants to ask the important person of Xingchen Office again and again.

He did not forget Utoku Takako who participated in the audition with Sachiko Kawachi at the time. At that time, the record company had just set up a shelf and was going all out to promote ZARD. There was no time to sign another singer who could not debut immediately and had no big sales. The Xingchen Office will not send two girls to him in one go.

But today, things are very different.

This time, he discussed with Nagato Taiko for the theme song of "Chibi Maruko-chan", and Shinichi Iwahashi claimed that he also prepared a singer for the theme song.When he said this, the name that came to his mind was Utoku Keiko.

However, thinking of Utoku Keiko, he was going to sign her, but as far as the theme song is concerned, Iwahashi Shinichi didn't really have such a strong idea of ​​wanting her to sing that song to debut.

At the meeting, when Nagato Taiyuki finished his idea, Iwahashi Shinichi already faintly approved Nagato Taiyuki's idea in his heart.But immediately let go of his mouth at that time, it was inevitable that he would fall into a passive position, so he deliberately put forward the words that he also had an idea.

Iwahashi Shinichi already had a bottom line in his heart, as long as Nagato Taiko's selection of group members is not so outrageous, he can easily release the production rights.

Entrust BEING with full authority to produce, and I am only responsible for distribution and publicity, which saves worry and effort.The purpose of deliberately blocking Nagato Taiyuki on the production rights is actually to not lose other things besides the production rights.

The promise was too happy, Nagato Taiyuki, who has contributed to the song and contribution, must not be reconciled as long as he has the production rights, he will definitely strive for more interests in other places, but Shinichi Iwahashi has no plans to sell more interests.

In this way, it is necessary to go around one more circle, and take this opportunity to leave some room for arrangement.

……

Utoku Keiko's temperament is slightly similar to that of Kawachi Sachiko, this is the impression Iwahashi Shinichi had of her when he first met her.

After seeing her again after such a long time, she still looked the same, so that Iwahashi Shinichi once again felt that she had a similar temperament to Kawachi Sachiko.

The two parties made an appointment to meet in the reception room of the record company.

"Long time no see." Yanqiao Shinichi took the initiative to greet her.

Utoku Keiko bowed politely, "Hi, Iwahashi-san."

Although their temperaments are similar, as long as they speak, there is actually no similarity between Utoku Keiko and Uchi Sachiko.Yanqiao Shenyi learned from Xingchen's agent that Utoku Keiko was working as a karaoke promoter, and after a few polite words, he asked her about her progress as a karaoke promoter.

"The contract is for a period of one year, and it has only been promoted for three months now."

Yanqiao Shen nodded, and made some calculations, "It won't be all over until next year."

"That's right." Yude Jingzi replied.

After saying this, Yanqiao Shinichi didn't speak, and the reception room fell into silence for a while.Keiko Utoku didn't hide anything, cast his gaze at Shinichi Iwahashi who was thinking about something, and waited for his next words.

Why did you call her here?Yude Jingzi thought so, but he still couldn't help being nervous.

In the final analysis, I actually have expectations for this Yanqiao-san.

Finally, Shinichi Iwahashi spoke again, "I have a job I would like to invite you to try... It's also a singing audition job, can I?"

Yude Jingzi paused, "Singing?"

"Yes, there is a piece of music that I would like to ask you to sing to see the effect." Shinichi Iwahashi added, "I really need to 'see'. Apart from singing, I also want to see the effect of your actual audition."

Yude Jingzi was a little confused by his request, but the more troublesome it was, the more he wanted to try it—it was better than recording a cover album or singing karaoke.

"Please let me try." She decided.

Yan Qiao nodded carefully, stood up, "Then please come with me."

Ude Jingzi followed him out.Iwahashi Shinichi did not take her to the recording studio, but took her to a rehearsal room in the record company.

In addition to the two of them, there was also a cameraman who was called to stand by.

Facing this posture, Yude Jingzi felt uncertain and didn't know what he was going to do.Iwahashi Shinichi didn't hold back, and brought over the prepared sheet music, "Ude-san can read sheet music, right?"

He asked knowingly.Yude Jingzi nodded and took it.

In addition to the score, Iwahashi Shinichi also commissioned the recording studio to compose a song for that piece.He put the tape in the player.

"Anyway, I would like to ask you to try singing this song." Iwahashi Shinto asked her, "Not only do I want to sing, but I also want you to 'sing' it assuming that the next step is to perform live on stage. .”

Inexplicable strange request.

Was the cameraman going to record her "singing" afterwards?When Utoku Keiko thought about it, he immediately got confirmation from Iwahashi Shinichi.

But since he followed and planned to do it, Ude Kyoko made up his mind and started to read the score.

The song that Yanqiao Shinichi gave her is called "Let's Dance Together".Yude Jingzi read the lyrics silently, and felt that the lyrics were written quite casually, like a nursery rhyme.

She couldn't guess the reason why Yanqiao Shenyi mentioned these requests, so she could only listen to the accompaniment tape, memorize it, and think about how to "sing" in front of the camera later.

During this period, Shinichi Iwahashi did not stay here all the time, but told Keiko Utoku that he would tell the cameraman to start recording when he was ready.

As soon as he left, after a while, another unattractive female employee in her 30s came in and stood by.

Yude Jingzi was ready, and greeted the cameraman—the promotion of home karaoke machines during this time has cultivated her face to a certain level.When she was selling to the local people, the accompanying staff at the karaoke machine took pictures of her sales and took them back to the company.

She was generous and sang to the cameraman and the female staff.

After singing the song, the female staff went out, and after a while, she came back with Iwahashi Shinichi.

Yanqiao Shen once watched the performance just now, and Utoku Keiko watched with him, but after a while, he was distracted and cast his eyes on his face.

I want to guess what he is thinking through his expression.

"Thank you." Yanqiao Shenyi finished watching the video, turned his head, smiled at her, and said.

Yude Jingzi couldn't guess what he was thinking, so he could only nod along.

Being called in temporarily, Yude Jingzi's performance was actually not bad, and it was enough as a guarantee.However, Shinichi Iwahashi was still waiting to see the combination prepared by Taiyuki Nagato, so he kept silent about the usefulness of this video tape.

Utoku Keiko was tossed by him again, becoming more and more confused, not knowing what Yanqiao Shinichi was going to do.

……

On this side, Shin Iwahashi called Utoku Takako to record the audition, and on the other side, after Nagato Taiko returned, he also summoned those who could be called, and told his plan to Tsubokura Yuiko and Kondo Funosuke, the absolute core of the two plans .

I couldn't find the three beautiful women's harmony voices for a while, so I temporarily requisitioned the three harmony voices in the recording studio.As for the five accompanying male musicians, the most indispensable thing in the production company is musicians.

Not long after, the manpower was assembled, Nagato Taiyuki and Kondo Fangosuke discussed, arranged the piece, and came for an audition with great fanfare.They are all veterans with rich experience in live performances. Even facing the air, they can perform lively.

Taiko Nagato looked back at the performance video. Although it was still a little far from the plan in his mind and needed to be polished later, in general, the prototype has been built.

He was confident, and he never believed that Yanqiao Shinichi could come up with a better singer than him.

In fact it is.

Compared with Nagato Taiko's luxury team, Utoku Keiko seems to have no advantage.

(End of this chapter)