Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 718 718. The end of the era
Nakamori Akina's home phone was not connected.

The phone rang for a while and went to voicemail.Yanqiao Shen put down the receiver and switched to paging again.Thinking that he would not call back for a while, he went into the bathroom.

After washing up and changing clothes, I went to get beer again.After a little relief, I saw a message on the pager.He picked up the receiver again and called back.

It's Wanyumi Watanabe calling.

"The call back is quite fast." Watanabe Mayumi said.

Yanqiao Shinichi told her, "I've already returned to the hotel."

She listened, and joked casually, "I thought, after the performance, you would go shopping in Osaka."

"Forgive me." Yanqiao Shinichi smiled wryly, "I was ridiculed by Mihe-chan just now."

Watanabe Wanyumi couldn't help laughing when he heard his pleading for mercy.But when he opened his mouth, what he said was: "Yoshida-san is really interesting."

"..." You who have said almost the same thing are quite interesting.

Yanqiao Shinichi thought about it secretly in his heart, but he didn't say anything.

"How was today's performance?" After saying a few words, Mayumi Watanabe changed the subject in due course and asked him.

Iwahashi Shinichi seized the opportunity to change the subject, and blurted out, "It's pretty good." He half-joked, half-seriously, and told her, "Such a wonderful performance, I really should let Manyumi-san see it."

"It feels like boasting." Mayumi Watanabe also laughed.

However, I know in my heart what kind of strength this DREAMS COME TRUE has.At the beginning, it was at the music festival and after seeing the band's performance, Wanyumi Watanabe found the goal to fight for and took this step.

Seems like a long time ago.Even though it hasn't been a few years.

There was silence on the phone.Wanyumi Watanabe did not speak, and Shinichi Iwahashi did not speak.He knew in his heart that she wouldn't make such a call just to ask how the performance was going.

After waiting for a while, Mayumi Watanabe started a new topic, "I just left Misora ​​Hibari-san's house with my sister and brother-in-law."

Yanqiao Shinichi listened silently, waiting for her next post.

"To condolences to Misora-san's adopted son Kazuya-kun." Watanabe Mayumi paused, "Misora-san passed away."

Yanqiao Shinichi let out an "ah", unexpectedly.

In the past four or five years, news of Hibari Misora's poor health has appeared from time to time. A few months ago, she was critically ill, and Shinichi Iwahashi was reminded by Mayumi Watanabe to send a condolence flower basket to Juntendo Hospital where she lives.

The flower basket was sent over, and afterward, the people from Misora ​​Hibari's office even made a special thank you call.

It is said that it means Hibari Misora. When she was critically ill, she told the staff around her to call back to thank them when they received the flower basket of sympathy.

Although she is the queen of enka and has a first-class status in the industry, she treats people very thoughtfully and kindly.

Even though I knew that the enka queen was just trying to survive, but when I suddenly heard the news of her passing away, something unexpected happened.

"It seems that as early as a week ago, Miku-san had lost consciousness and was supported by a ventilator. She passed away in the early morning of this morning."

Mayumi Watanabe's voice sounded a little tired, "The news has not been announced to the public yet, and the news will be reported tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"Kazuya-kun hasn't arrived yet, and Misora-san's younger sister is taking care of her for the time being. My mother asked me and my sister and brother-in-law to come to express condolences. Besides us, people who had close contacts with Misora-san in the industry also came to visit one after another."

Misora ​​Hibari's relatives withered, his father died young, and his mother passed away eight years ago.Two younger brothers died in 1983 and 1986 respectively, and only one younger sister, who is one year younger, is still alive.

In the early years, she married the movie star Kobayashi Xu, but because Misora ​​Hibari's mother was dissatisfied with the marriage, she claimed that "the greatest misfortune of her daughter's life is to marry Kobayashi Xu". With the unremitting efforts of her mother, she finally broke up her daughter's marriage two years later. marriage.

The whole family relies on Misora ​​Hibari as a cash cow. The last thing her mother can see is that her daughter gets married and becomes a housewife. From then on, she can no longer be a big star and earn a lot of money.

Since then, Hibari Misora ​​adopted the son of his younger brother Tetsuya Kato as his adopted son, and dedicated his life to music.

The mother only knows how to suck blood and manipulate her daughter. The younger brother relied on his older sister's reputation to run amok and caused Misora ​​Hibari to be boycotted by the people and banned by NHK. It is also a shame to find out the family of this generation of enka queens.

It can only be said that the status of artists in the early years was too low, and [-]% of those engaged in this industry were from poor families. After becoming famous, the probability of being sucked by their families and being cheated would be extremely high.

From another point of view, in the conservative era in the past, families who were willing to let their eight-year-old daughter go to public performances to make money, such a family, in comparison, the probability of loving their daughter very much is not high.

"There will be a performance at DREAMS COME TRUE tomorrow." Iwahashi Shinichi thought quickly, thinking of something, "If the news comes out tomorrow, I will temporarily add a commemoration of Misora-san."

The so-called "commemoration" is to take the initiative to mention this incident before a certain song is sung, and convey the band's grief to the audience.Neither shed tears nor sang a song by Hibari Misora ​​on the spot.

The matter was urgent, and it was too late to obtain permission from Columbia Records. It was impossible for the band to cover unapproved songs on stage.

In the final analysis, adding a temporary commemorative link is just to express our attitude.

"Yeah." Mayumi Watanabe listened, "That's fine."

"Look at this, after a while, the memorial service and commemorative activities will also be prepared." Yanqiao Shinichi said.

However, who will be invited to participate and who will be sent a funeral postcard will depend on how Hibari Misora ​​arranges it.If it is a small shrimp in the industry, it is not their turn to offer an incense stick.

Wanyumi Watanabe gave another "hmm" and said nothing.

Only then did Yanqiao Shinichi ask her, "Why do you sound so tired?"

"Fortunately."

Wanyumi Watanabe paused, "I remembered what happened during the day."

"what?"

"I went back to see my mother, and when I found out that Miku-san had passed away, she said, 'The era is over'."

Misora ​​Hibari's singing career spanned from the post-war period to the end of the Showa era.At the same time as Yuan Hecheng was changed, her life also came to an end.

For the general public, her death, perhaps even more than the change of the era, means that Showa has ended.

For Misa Watanabe, who founded Watanabe Productions with Shin Watanabe, her husband passed away a few years ago, and the enka queen, who symbolized the Showa era, also passed away after entering Heisei. Compared with others, she probably felt particularly deeply—

It is not only the end of the Showa era, but also the glory of Watanabe's production.

Of course, Watanabe Productions has lost its former glory many years ago, but when it really has the feeling of "the end of the era", there is a subtle feeling that its former glory has also been buried in the old era.

Misa Watanabe's sentimentality does not come from the end of the era, the passing of Hibari Misora, or even the decline of Watanabe Productions.Wanyumi Watanabe felt heavy precisely because she understood why her mother was sad.

Yanqiao Shenyi somewhat tasted her emotions, and it was rare to say something stupid in front of her, "The era is over. A new era begins, and people in the new era must think about what to create in this era and give new life to the new era. What the times bring."

Wanyumi Watanabe made him laugh, "I only heard you talking about 'era, era' one after another, but I didn't hear anything else clearly."

But silly words are silly words, she listened, as if she was encouraged by Yanqiao Shinichi, the depression in her heart after going to see her mother, and the faint haze after visiting Hibari Misora's adopted son disappeared for a moment.

It is precisely in order to open a new era and bring new things that I decided to take this step.

Now, the fire is in the hands of Wanyumi Watanabe.

"Manyumi-san," Iwahashi Shinichi said jokingly, but sincerely, "It's up to us next."

When he said "we", Watanabe Wanyumi felt that she was not fighting alone in the new era, but walking side by side.There was a rush of warmth in her heart.

"It's time to see your performance next time." Wanyumi Watanabe said.

Yanqiao Shenyi smiled, "As long as you want, can't you go to any show?"

"Sounds great."

"Of course, you are the boss of the band after all." Yanqiao Shen called her that on purpose.

Wanyumi Watanabe smiled, "I'm still waiting to see the Tokyo show....It's the same place as the music festival."

"Yes, they are all Wangan Plaza. Therefore, I would like to invite you to 'inspect' again." Yanqiao Shinichi said.

It is not the style of two people to hang up the phone here.Therefore, the two parties took advantage of the opportunity to chat about work for a while, and talked about some of the next arrangements before hanging up the phone.

Putting the receiver back, Shinichi Iwahashi sat there for a while, digesting the phone call with Mayumi Watanabe just now.

The death of Misora ​​Hibari is a major event in the entertainment industry. For Iwahashi Shinichi, although his emotions will not be affected, as a practitioner in the industry, he still has to consider the possibility of a possible event due to the death of the enka queen. series of things.

For example, TV stations will definitely have commemorative programs, and most of the various awards at the end of the year will also arrange a commemorative link for Hibari Misora.Including NHK's red and white song at the end of the year, there will probably be a commemorative link.

Misora ​​Hibari is not only the enka queen of the generation in the eyes of the public, she also has the power of the enka school behind her, and is even related to the cadres of the Lu group.

Now that she has passed away, for the Enka School, it is true to feel sorry for her, but as the jewel of the pinnacle of the Enka School, the pomp after her death also represents the face of the Enka School.

The Enka School, which is closely related to Jidao, adheres to the same principle as Jidao: must not lose face.

In the second half of the year, for the industry, the real thing to do is to cooperate with the Enka School to make a grand event for Misora ​​Hibari, and to make all Enka School honorable.

Therefore, if you are in the same industry, try to avoid the pitfalls of the Enka School and make plans early.

……

Just thinking about it, the phone rang again.

Yanqiao Shinichi was in a trance, suddenly startled, and regained his composure a little.Reaching out to the receiver, "Hello——"

"It's serious~" On the other end of the phone, Akina Nakamori teased him.

Yanqiao Shen wanted to laugh when she heard her talking like this, so imitating her words, he replied: "It's so easy~"

"Haha!" Nakamori Akina laughed, "That's right, it's so easy~" After a pause, "If you want it too, I'll give you half, how about it?"

"Well, I want it." She had something, and Yanqiao Shinichi also put it away.

"For you, for you ~ so, let's relax together."

While making him happy, Nakamori Akina was also worried, "Are you upset just now?"

Yanqiao Shinichi denied, "No."

"Did you call from home?" He changed the subject.

Akina Nakamori may not have done it on purpose, unconsciously, she imitated his tone, "No." However, after saying the words, she came back to her senses and felt that her words seemed deliberate.

The paper tiger's skill in beating back and forth was ten percent, and he complained to Yanqiao Shenyi, "It's all your fault."

"I didn't do anything." Yanqiao Shen smiled at her childishness.

Akina Nakamori hummed twice on the phone, and told him a little proudly, "I have an appointment with Kyoko-chan to dance together."

After this phone call, I will go to eat, drink and have fun again.

"That's great, I wish I could share half of this, I want to dance with you too." Yanqiao Shinichi said.

Compared to always waiting for Akina Nakamori to take the initiative, he now takes one or two steps forward from time to time.Hearing what he said, Akina Nakamori felt happy and chuckled.

But the more this was the case, the more he changed the topic, "Today's performance, you have worked hard."

"Thirty-three thousand people...it's amazing to think about it." She seriously sighed.

"Indeed. When I was on the stage, I went to the auditorium, and the people in the distance seemed to be connected together." Yanqiao Shinichi recalled.In a large-scale concert, the audience in the back row and the people watching the stage are probably not much different from watching a mosaic.

Because of this, we must pay special attention to the atmosphere of the scene.

"It's hard work just listening to it." Nakamori Akina muttered.

It is not impossible for this Taopu Star to hold a concert with tens of thousands of people at its peak. However, idols place more emphasis on interaction with the audience. This characteristic prevents the industry from arranging such a large-scale concert with tens of thousands of people for idols. will be used to.

That is Johnny's idol group, can play like this.

In addition, Nakamori Akina himself is quite old-fashioned in holding concerts, and feels that large-scale performances will not give the audience a good viewing experience.

She is Taopusda, she has the final say, and the agency and record company follow suit.

"If I go to the band's concert, you won't find me," she said.

"Indeed." Shinichi Yanqiao admitted, "If you don't tell me, I don't even know which show you will go to see."

The two people who met for the first time at the concert because they didn't like to sit in the relationship seats and act as wooden figures.This kind of Nakamori Akina, compared to getting a relationship ticket from Iwahashi Shinichi, feels that it is more atmospheric to call to grab it.

Well, the atmosphere of grabbing tickets is also the atmosphere.

"Then I really won't tell you." Nakamori Akina laughed again, "Look quietly."

　Thanks to the leader of "Liangyi Weaving"
　　
　
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