Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 712
"About 5000 people were mobilized, and the DREAMS COME TRUE field tour in Fukuoka ended successfully!!"

"For the first time in the history of a girl band! PRINCESS PRINCESS Budokan [-]-day performance decided!!"

On Monday, in the entertainment section of the newspaper, there was not only the news that the first outdoor tour of DREAMS COME TRUE was successfully completed, but also the news that PRINCESS PRINCESS will hold three consecutive days of concerts at Budokan in July.

The last time these two bands appeared in the newspapers on the same day was more than two months ago. The two sides took turns occupying No.1 on the singles chart, and joined hands to beat the popular idol and the top idol to the point where they could not fight back.

This time, one has just completed a large-scale concert, and the other is preparing to hit its own record: the first female band in history to hold a concert at Budokan.

In general, the more qualifiers you preface a record, the less valuable the record is.

The Budokan is a place where the Beatles first gilded their performances, and the Rolling Stones were also scheduled to perform here, which is of special significance to Japanese rock bands.

Before the Tokyo Dome was put into commercial use, the largest indoor venue in Japan was the Nippon Budokan. Therefore, for singers, holding a concert at the Budokan has become a proof of being among the first-line.

Since the Beatles first held a concert here, in the past 23 years, countless singer idol bands at home and abroad have performed here, and many of them have held for ten consecutive days.

However, the only band with an all-female lineup is PRINCESS PRINCESS.

Given that Shinichi Iwahashi was struggling to run a women's rock music festival, he knew how rare a popular women's band is in Japan.

This record is not very valuable among singers, but it is of great significance to the form of girl bands.Having the confidence to be in the Budokan for three consecutive days means having the popularity and commercial value to be among the first-line.

As long as the three-day Budokan can be successfully concluded, PRINCESS PRINCESS's front-line status will be stable.

This is basically the same as Shinichi Iwahashi asked DREAMS COME TRUE to hold a large-scale outdoor tour to show his strength, popularity and status.

However, he chose to fulfill his agreement with Miwa-chan, while Sony chose the Budokan with special meaning.

After all, this year is not only the year when DREAMS COME TRUE became popular, but also the year when PRINCESS PRINCESS entered the explosive period.

And to go deeper, the two bands first joined hands to beat idols on the singles chart, and now they both hold large-scale performances to announce the arrival of the band boom.

For the general public, there is no subdivision of any all-girl bands, female-centric bands.In their view, first the band, then the band with the female lead.

The essence of human beings is cooing, following the trend, and lemon essence.

Various record companies in Tokyo, facing these two bands with the strongest momentum this year, secretly envied and envied Sony for taking the lead again in the band era and taking the lead.While deciding to reduce or cancel idol debut plans.

Then, prepare to follow behind these two bands, hurry up to make band plans and join the battle.

……

"Nagato-san, we're here."

The driver reminded, Nagato Taiyuki took his attention away from the newspaper in his hand, turned his head to look out the car window, and closed the newspaper.

After taking over the right to produce the theme song of "Chibi Maruko", Nagato Taiko has been working hard on the planned limited group recently.

Being put on by Yanqiao Shinichi, this incident certainly made him angry.But afterwards, Nagato Taiko decided to push the boat along the way, and instead used this limited group and this cooperation as bait to pave the way for his planned record company.

Under the guise of producing this limited combination, he successfully obtained the support of the investors behind the Star Office, introduced the president of the Star Office, and discussed the decision. There will be an interview for selection.

Today is the day we agreed to come to Xingchen Office for a small interview.

In order to save time and get straight to the point, Xingchen Office first conducted a selection of intentions.But unexpectedly, there are more girls who intend to join the group than expected.

Originally, I thought 12 people would be a lot in the interview stage, but I didn't expect that there were as many as 23 models who conveyed their intention to participate in the interview through their agents.

It seems that Sachiko Kamachi and Keiko Utoku were picked up by the producers of the record company one after another, and Sachiko Kamachi became popular as the lead singer of the band. Those two things brought these models a lot of longing for becoming singers.

Anyway, I'm going to give it a try. If I don't become popular, I can go back and continue to be a model. If I become popular...

The album was a hit, boarded a fashion magazine, and got a feature, and her "luck" encouraged the girls.

Although Nagato Taiyuki was given a choice by Iwahashi Shinichi, but thanks to him, there were eleven more choices for no reason.

Thanks to him... no wonder.

When Taiyuki Nagato was in contact with the person in charge of Xingchen Office and learned that Kamachi Sachiko was originally a model of Xingchen Office, and now the brokerage appointment is still with Xingchen, he felt an indescribable feeling.

That Sachiko Kamachi, who is impeccable in appearance, Nagato Taiko went to listen to ZARD's records, she wrote all the lyrics, read the lyrics written by her, you know that she has a considerable talent and unique style in terms of words and sentences.

It perfectly fits the heroine image of the band centered on the female lead singer that he expected, but it is different from the style of the band he envisioned.

Just one step away!
Another opportunity was seized by that guy named Yanqiao!
The past is over, Nagato Taiko only hopes to seize this opportunity, and take advantage of Iwahashi Shinichi's hand to promote this limited combination, so that he can use this limited combination as the first release of the record company to start the situation.

Then, stay away from that guy named Rock Bridge!Never have anything to do with him again!
Nagato Taiko mustered all his energy to select three harmony female officers from these 23 models—to be precise, he had to choose the fourth person quietly.

The right female lead singer in his mind.

Don't be aggressive, but see plasticity.

It should not only have the straightforwardness of women in the Heisei era, but also the gentleness and restraint of women in the Showa era.

Nagato Taiko imagined the image of the female lead singer in his mind.

The interview started. From the 23st to the [-]rd, the models walked into a small conference room provided by Star Office.The interview went very quickly, Nagato Taiyuki had already prepared a draft in his mind, he planned meticulously, the images of the three female officials should not overlap, and he tried to make the audience look like three sisters with completely different personalities.

First of all be pretty.Cross out everything that doesn't suit his appearance.

The images of the three sisters cannot overlap. If two people are similar, the one with the lower score will be crossed out.

Good sound quality is more important than good singing skills.Singing that sounds tacky should also be crossed out.

"Haruka Murakami."

"Yamane Miwako."

"Watanabe is so beautiful."

Nagato Taiko checked the models who came in one by one. After the interview, he drew circles behind the names of the three girls.If there is no accident, it is no problem for these three girls to play the role of harmony.

Accompanied by people from Xingchen Office, after the last girl left, they asked Nagato Taiyuki for his opinion.

"Very good, the quality of the models in your firm is very high."

Nagato Taiyuki complimented casually, "Not only do you have nothing to say about the external conditions, but there are also many people who can sing well." As soon as he said it, he remembered that the best one was picked away by Iwahashi Shinichi, and he couldn't help but feel Dull.

The people from Xingchen Office didn't know what he was thinking, so they smiled politely after hearing what he said.Out of good intentions, I want to get close to Taiko Nagato—after all, I heard that the two parties may become brother companies.

"At first I didn't know that these models could switch careers to become singers. When Genzo's Iwahashi-san came to pick people..."

During the contact stage, the people from Xingchen Office knew that the limited combination selected by Nagato Taiko this time was a production commission received from Iwahashi Shinichi.

ZARD is steadily going up the road, and Star Office has a good relationship with GENZO. When they learn that Nagato Taiyuki is cooperating with Iwahashi Shinichi, the people in the office do not shy away from mentioning this name in front of him.

Every time it was mentioned, Nagato Taiyu would hold his nose to listen, hold his nose to accompany the praise.Xingchen Office and BEING are not brothers, but they are real partners with Iwahashi Shinichi. Nagato is lucky not to offend either of them.

To a certain extent, Nagato Taiyuki thinks that this selection of harmony is tantamount to "bearing humiliation".

However, after such a lot of effort, among the 23 candidates for harmony, the suitable female lead singer in my mind was not selected.

Taiko Nagato glanced at the list in his hand. Besides the three girls who drew circles, there was another girl who drew horizontal lines.

The name is Fujitani Mako, and she has the best singing skills among the 23 models this time.Good-looking, she could be called a beauty, but she was a little far from the kind of woman he imagined with both Showa and Heisei temperament.

He wavered in his mind.He wanted to list her as a candidate, but he was a little unwilling.

But in any case, the three female officers in harmony have already been decided this time.Nagato Taiko was on the spot with the dignitaries of Xingchen Office, and was about to sign a contract with them.

The name of the limited group was decided to be BBQQUEENS. The name, at a glance, is a meme of playing BBKing.

The reason why I thought of this name is because the core character of the group, Kondo Fangosuke, is a blues singer, and the god of music in his heart is BBKing, the king of the blues kingdom.

Furthermore, Nagato Taiko hopes that the name of this group is easy to remember and full of characteristics.

After comprehensive selection, the name was finalized.

The main vocalists are Kondo Funosuke and Tsubokura Yuiko, the three female officials are the three models, and the five accompaniment musicians are performed by BEING musicians, and Oda Tetsuro also joined in, all of which are BEING's lineup.

"correct."

Taiko Nagato still opened his mouth after all, and told the dignitaries of the Star Office, "There is another person named Mako Fujitani..." He told the staff of the Star Office that he had a project and needed a female singer, and hoped that Mako Fujitani could give it a try. .

It takes four people to speak at once.

Mako Fujitani was out of the plan, and the people from Xingchen Office did not agree or disagree on the spot.

Nagato Taiyuki was not in a hurry to urge.

This interview took more than half a day. At noon, he had a light meal with the people from Xingchen Office. In the evening, he also agreed to invite the staff accompanying the interview to have a meal and drink.

After a full day of tossing around, Nagato Taiyuki was quite tired.

The next day, he went to the company and told the clerk to prepare to discuss the work contracts of the three Hesheng female officers with Xingchen Office. He was busy when Matsumoto Takahiro called and asked Nagato Taiyuki if he could come over now. trip.

Taiko Nagato replied "yes".

Putting down the phone, he was not in a relaxed mood.Especially when I think of Takahiro Matsumoto's stubborn personality, and B'z's performance that has not improved at all.

When DREAMS COME TRUE and PRINCESS PRINCESS were killing all directions in the industry, B'z performed in LIVEHOUSE across the country.

After smoking two-thirds of a cigarette, Takahiro Matsumoto knocked on the door.

Taiko Nagato extinguished the cigarette in his hand, waiting to hear what this opinionated man had to say.

Takahiro Matsumoto came prepared, went straight to the point when he entered the door, and handed a CD to Taiyuki Nagato.In his office, all kinds of listening equipment are readily available.

Nagato Taiko wanted to use headphones, but was advised to use speaker equipment.

Even though he couldn't guess what Matsumoto Takahiro was going to do, he followed his word and put the CD in.

As soon as the prelude sounded, Nagato Taiko's heart moved.

"disco?"

Obviously he was the one who brought the CD, but Matsumoto Takahiro seemed to be deaf to the enthusiastic song, and slowly said his thoughts, "Nagato-san, how about letting the band cooperate with the disco?"

Now there is not only a band boom, but also a disco boom.

Making an album that could be played at disco might open things up.

Takahiro Matsumoto has been a member of the accompaniment team for TM NETWORK for a long time, and has learned a lot of related production experience from Tetsuya Komuro, who is keen on electronic music. You might as well give it a try and integrate this experience into rock music.

Anyway, I can't find a suitable way to become popular now.

"Just try it."

Taiko Nagato thought about it for a while, and thought it might be a solution.However, he took this opportunity to add more conditions, "There is no chance, if this attempt fails..."

Takahiro Matsumoto didn't answer, and listened silently.With that stern expression, people couldn't guess whether he agreed or not.

But this time, Nagato Taiko has made up his mind.

Let Takahiro Matsumoto be willful again this time, if the band has not improved, you must take back the production rights and listen to him!
I have to pinch my nose externally, and I can no longer be weak internally!

……

After the performance of DREAMS COME TRUE in Fukuoka, the outdoor venue equipment was dismantled and ready to be transported to Osaka, the next stop of the concert.

Temporary workers do what they are supposed to do after paying their wages, and the staff members act in batches, each with their own tasks.

As for the three members of the band, they will still stay in Fukuoka for half a day. On Monday morning, Miwa-chan and Nakamura-san are going to record a radio program, and depart for Tokyo in the afternoon.

In the morning, Miwa-chan and Brother Nakamura took a special car to Fukuoka to broadcast, while Shinichi Iwahashi stayed at the hotel and called Tokyo.

Monday was supposed to be his busy time.

(End of this chapter)