Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 719 719. Some kind of responsibility
It's okay to go quietly.

It is known that Akina Nakamori will definitely go to the concert of Dolimus Komtulu, but it is not known which one she will appear in.If you want to know which scene she went to see, you have to know after she said it...

The more I said it, the weirder it became.

Two people, one was exhausted just after the concert, and the other was going to dance disco with his good friend, and after talking a few more words, he put down the phone.

……

The next morning, while eating, the headline of the entertainment section of the newspaper published the news of Hibari Misora's death.

In the early hours of June 24, Hibari Misora, a generation of enka queen, died of acute respiratory insufficiency caused by interstitial pneumonia at the age of 52 at Juntendo Hospital in Tokyo.

Last night, I got a letter from Mayumi Watanabe, and Shinichi Iwahashi was very calm.On the other hand, the people in the same industry were shocked and surprised by this huge news in the entertainment world.

After all, he is the top person in the enka world, the jewel in the crown.

As soon as the news came out, Shinichi Iwahashi immediately went to communicate with the stage director of the concert, and then communicated with Sony and Mayumi Watanabe. At today's concert, represented by Miwachan, a temporary commemorative session will be added.

Just a few words to express my condolences to Hibari Misora.

In Osaka, the last time Iwahashi Shinichi came on a business trip, it was Showa Sky Locust who had his braids.This time I came to hold a concert, and met the enka queen Hibari Misora ​​passed away.

After communicating with the stage director and the two teammates, the stage director couldn't help but sighed in a rather nostalgic tone, "I didn't expect that Miku-san passed away right after."

The words are full of emotion for the change of the times.

But that's all, there will be no unnecessary reactions.

A generation of enka queens is true, and it is said that she is still the singer with the highest sales in Japan—however, there is no sales statistics list for Hibari Misora's peak period, and there is only a rough estimate of how many sales.

And when there is a sales statistics list, Hibari Misora's career has also begun to decline sharply, and the records are basically unsold. The box office of the concert is very good, and it has countless loyal supporters of middle-aged and elderly people.Even these supporters may not necessarily support her new works in recent years, but seem to gather around Misora ​​Hibari, a symbol of the times.

Before her death, Hibari Misora ​​belonged to the kind of old artist who had reached the peak of her status and was respected by everyone, but she might not be willing to pay for her records.

In the hearts of older people, this one still has considerable weight.

For young people, she's a big, big-time big shot if she shows up at a big gala -- but not really wanting to see her perform.

After all, even the form of enka itself has begun to decline significantly.

Even older people feel sorry for her passing at this moment, and it may not be because of the nostalgia for the time they have experienced.That regret, the regret is not necessarily the fact that Misora ​​Hibari passed away.

Newspapers and morning news conveying real-time news, bringing the news of Hibari Misora's death to the whole Japanese.Afterwards, summarizing magazines and TV specials will review the life of the enka queen.

Singers and songwriters in the enka world probably have to express their condolences as long as they appear in public these days.

In addition, the place that can best reflect the attention of ordinary people to Hibari Misora ​​is probably the record store.

At the same time as the news came out, record stores, large and small, spontaneously prepared large posters commemorating Hibari Misora, put her records in the most conspicuous places in the store, and at the same time, sent requests to record companies to purchase.

Since the store opened in the morning, people who got the news walked into the record store, wanting to buy a selection of Hibari Misora, or to see if she has any new singles.

Whether it's someone who liked her, or just to join in the fun.

After all, the essence of human beings is to follow the trend, and the essence of the Japanese is to follow the trend twice.

Misora ​​Hibari's sales have not been good in recent years. The number of record shipments has been relatively small, and record stores are also very conservative in purchasing. Smaller stores will soon declare that their inventory has run out.

For singers, the big publicity that can only be used once in a lifetime is death.

But other than that, it's business as usual.

……

"Anyway, I will send a condolence postcard to Misora ​​Hibari-san's office first."

In the moving car, Daben casually talked to Akina Nakamori about how to deal with Hibari Misora's death next.Although she and Hibari Misora ​​have little to do with each other, but after all, they are well-known in the industry, and basic etiquette is still required.

It is also because there is no intersection, so at this stage, as long as the basic etiquette is completed, it is not rude.

"Yeah." Akina Nakamori was absent-minded, listening to Da Ben's words.

Seeing this disinterested look, Da Ben didn't say anything more.However, seemingly indifferent, it might be better to say that he is still digesting.

This morning, the manager came to pick her up and told her the news and how to deal with it.

Mother may feel very lonely after reading the news...

When Omoto's tone was calm, talking about the next coping method, Nakamori Akina was thinking about the feelings of Chieko, the mother who likes Hibari Misora ​​the most.

Chieko has liked Hibari Misora ​​since she was young, and has been listening to and singing her songs for decades.When she was a child, Akina Nakamori, who stuck behind Chieko like a little tail, also learned to sing Hibari Misora's song from her mother when she was enlightened to music.

For Akina Nakamori, Hibari Misora ​​also seems to be a symbol.

For Chieko, who once regarded Hibari Misora ​​as a role model in life, the passing of Hibari Misora ​​is like the departure of an old friend who has been with her for many years. Her mood is probably more complicated.

I want to say hello to my mother.

Akina Nakamori sat in the car on the way to work, but her heart flew to Kiyose's hometown.

During the lunch break, she went to find the public phone in the recording studio and called Kiyose's hometown, but she didn't get through.On Sunday, Chieko might go to the building in front of the station to have a look, or maybe Heping went to play.

Such thoughts ran through Akina Nakamori's mind.When I imagined that my mother might take Heita out to play, I subtly recalled myself pestering my mother when I was a child, asking her to take me to Asakusa.

Thinking of it this way, together with myself, it seems that I also feel a certain kind of loneliness.

……

On the second day of free activities in Osaka, Miwa-chan threw away Shinichi Iwahashi and went to act with the two girls of Harmony—probably because she felt that acting together yesterday was too boring.

The disgusted Iwahashi Shinichi was in a stable state of mind. After breakfast, he went back to his room and made a few phone calls to Tokyo. After that, he wandered around Osaka by himself.

It happens to be Sunday, and I can go to Osaka Castle Park to take a look.

Still the same, when I saw a passable band, I put a coin in the piano case.If there is a band you have seen before, you can hand over your business card and invite the band to perform at the LIVEHOUSE that he and Mei and Jiang Nakamura partnered in Osaka.

Kansai's arts system is also well-developed and mature, with its own way of cultivating people.The probability of picking up a singer on the street who can debut after three months of training is about the same as winning the first prize in the lottery.

Therefore, it is necessary to cast the net appropriately, and as long as you see a little bit of light, give it a chance to go out first.

After wandering around and handing out two business cards, Shinichi Iwahashi came across the "Cheluan Q" he picked up in the Osaka Castle Park when he came to Osaka last time. A few young people still performed in strange costumes and elaborate make-up.

After Yanqiao Shinji signed them to the production company, he asked them not to interact with the audience like comedians, and did not impose restrictions on their actions.

Usually, a few young people go to perform at LIVEHOUSE in Osaka, and go to Tokyo to report two or three times a month, exchange and study with musicians from the production company, hand in homework regularly, and write new songs.

If they write a good song, they are willing to sell it, and the company is willing to pay for it.

At this moment, they were performing hard, and the number of spectators who stopped near them was much larger than when they first met them in Osaka Castle Park.

Most importantly, these young people finally stopped showing off their Kansai nonsense so frequently, and restrained a lot.Although it looks far from professional, at least it looks like a band instead of a comedian.

When Shinichi Yanqiao stopped for them, several young people who performed also discovered that there was a big acquaintance among the audience.Mitsuo Terada's expression was about to lose control for a moment, but he held back and continued the performance.

After singing this song, Yanqiao Shinichi went over and put a hundred-yuan coin in their piano case.

In the piano case, there were some scattered coins, and there was even a thousand yuan bill.Shinichi Iwahashi looked at this picture of "Natsume Soseki" and thought that people in Osaka would also do such a thing as giving [-] yen to street performers?

But maybe it was done by people from Tokyo who can't guess what people in Osaka are thinking.

Staying in Osaka, Iwahashi Shinichi also fired at the Tokyo people.

None of the young people expected to see Shinichi Iwahashi here. As soon as the song ended, they stopped the performance and greeted him.

"To bother you." Yanqiao Shinichi said.

Mitsuo Terada smiled shyly, and asked, "Iwahashi-san watched the performance just now."

"Sounds like a new song."

"Yes." Terada Mitsuo replied. After getting acquainted, he unknowingly served as the spokesperson for Shinichi Iwahashi. "Because I want to collect the audience's feedback in person, I came to the Osaka Castle Park Roadshow."

"How was the response?"

"Anyway, I wasn't laughed at." He had a sense of humor.

When Yanqiao heard what he said, he laughed, "I think it sounds pretty decent. When I go to Tokyo next time, make a demo of the song and listen to it."

After being praised by him, the young people seemed to be recognized, and they cheered up even more visible to the naked eye.

Coincidentally, at noon, Yanqiao Shinichi simply invited them to dinner.

Several young people packed up their musical instruments and prepared to go to the tooth festival with Yanqiao Shinichi.Followed by a few young men in fancy shirts who are not serious guys, Yanqiao Shinichi once again enjoyed the treatment of being shunned by passers-by.

"Mother asked me to thank Yanqiao-san."

Mitsuo Terada followed behind Shinichi Iwahashi, whispering softly, "Thank you for the ZARD album you gave me.... I planned to thank you in person next time I see you in Beijing."

Telling Iwahashi Shinichi about the album he gave away reminded Mitsuo Terada of his mother's spare no effort to promote ZARD in the shopping street.

If it is said that Mitsuo Terada’s mother only liked the band ZARD at the beginning, but after her son joined Shinichi Iwahashi’s company, Shinichi Iwahashi remembered that she liked ZARD and sent her the band’s new album. After that, she had a more unusual enthusiasm for the ZARD band.

As if I also have some kind of responsibility for the popularity of ZARD and the growth of Shinichi Iwahashi's company.

After receiving the new album, Terada Mitsuo's mother began to use her ingenious but unobtrusive sales skills of Osaka Shopping Street Obasan to promote the album with people around her.

A few days ago, ZARD came to Osaka for a concert. Mitsuo Terada's mother didn't get a ticket and was quite annoyed. However, the negative emotions came and went quickly, and she stayed in the store to watch the house if she couldn't see the concert.

However, this is obviously not suitable to say to Iwahashi Shinichi, Terada Mitsuo thought about it in his heart, and then swallowed it back.

"My mother also said," he remembered, "if Yanqiao-san thinks the dry goods in the store are good, I will bring you some more next time."

Terada Mitsuo said, feeling embarrassed in his heart, and felt that it was too embarrassing to offer dry goods to Iwahashi Shinichi in return.

"The quality of your store's dry goods is really good." Yanqiao Shinichi was very happy.

I have already started to think in my heart, if I really receive dry goods, I will send them to Nakamori Akina's house again.If she couldn't finish eating, she could give half of it to her mother.

Anyway, the dry goods of Terada's family are all five-star praise from Akina Nakamori and her mother.

He readily accepted the Terada family's offer to give him dry goods. This attitude also made Terada Mitsuo a lot more relaxed, and the embarrassment just now also faded a lot.

However, thinking of the last time he brought the large package of dry goods that Shinichi Iwahashi asked for to Tokyo, Terada Mitsuo couldn't help thinking in his heart, could Iwahashi-san's family digest so much dry goods?
Yanqiao-san is really mysterious.

……

While eating with the young men who shot random Q, Iwahashi Shinichi's pager rang.He took it out to have a look, left the table temporarily, and went to find the public phone in the store.

After calling back, it was Akina Nakamori on the other end of the phone.

"It's a public phone," she said.

Yanqiao Shinichi cooperated with her and replied, "My side is also a public phone."

Two people who often play phone booth games, each holding the handset of the public phone, laughed at the same time.

"I want to talk to you." Nakamori Akina acted like a spoiled child on the phone.

Yanqiao Shinichi said "hmm", "I'm listening."

She quit, "You can also say something."

"Say something?"

Yanqiao Shenyi didn't know what to say for a while, remembering the package of dry goods mentioned by Mitsuo Terada that hadn't been delivered, and deliberately teased her, "Do you still want dry goods?"

"..."

There was silence in the receiver for about three seconds.Nakamori Akina replied angrily and funny, "No more!"

This……

If Akina Nakamori doesn't buy it, what will Mitsuo Terada do with the dry goods he brought to Tokyo later?
Yanqiao Shinichi was seriously troubled.

(End of this chapter)